The military attaches from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's eleven member-countries and foreign reporters have visited the place hit by artillery fire in the city of Donetsk in Russia's Rostov region.
The city’s prosecutor, Dmitry Aristrakhov, said that shells fired from Ukrainian territory hit Donetsk limits on July 13, killing a man, the owner of a house, and wounding two women. Six artillery shells hit the city, he said. “Tentative reports indicate 120-millimeter shells were used,” Aristarkhov said.
The military attaches examined the blast craters and the damage done to housing by shell fragments. Asked which of the Ukrainian conflicting sides fired the shells, the prosecutor said,” we definitely know that they were fired from Ukraine. Which of the conflicting parties launched them is to be established in a criminal inquiry,” he added.
German Defense Attache Brigadier General Reiner Schwalb said an inquiry must be started to track down those who fired. “I am sorry for the victims. It will take a long time to clear up the incident to the end,” he said.
Schwalb also said he was satisfied by how the Russian side was handling all emerging issues. “The Russian side is not concealing the incident. It is our task to understand this situation from within,” he said, adding that the military attaches would refer reports to their governments after the visit.
