As a result of the shelling of the market in the Tekstilshchik microdistrict of Donetsk, 28 residents were killed and another 30 were injured, said the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, blaming the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The United Press Center of the Tauride Defense Forces published a refutation.
Initially, writes Euronews reported that two children were among the victims, but this information was later denied. Pushilin stated that the block was hit by a combined attack from 152 mm and 155 mm caliber artillery from the Kurakhovsky and Krasnogorovsky directions.
Russian Foreign Ministry named which occurred as a “barbaric terrorist act against civilians with the support of the United States.” The department’s statement says that a total of six artillery attacks were carried out “targeting crowded places”; the shelling was carried out from Avdievka using weapons supplied by the West.
The strike on Donetsk will be one of the topics of discussion at the UN Security Council meeting requested by Russia on January 22, in which Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will take part, said First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky.
In turn, Ukrainian military observers have previously stated that Russian troops are deliberately launching artillery strikes on Donetsk in order to discredit the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the supply of Western weapons.
On January 21, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that air defense systems had intercepted four Ukrainian aircraft missiles over the Black Sea off the western coast of Crimea. Also on Sunday morning, several points of the Shebekinsky urban district in the Belgorod region were attacked by kamikaze drones. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced this in his Telegram channel.
On the night of Sunday January 21, eyewitnesses and the media reported drones attacked the sea terminal the world’s largest gas company and exporter of petroleum products, Novatek, in the port village of Ust-Luga, Leningrad Region, as a result of which a fire broke out.
After the shelling of the Donetsk market, the Russian Foreign Ministry accused Ukraine of a “terrorist act” and stated that this supposedly proves the need for the aggressor to achieve all the goals of the so-called “special operation” against our state, because “security threats and acts of terrorism should not be committed from the territory of Ukraine.” .
January 22 has been declared a day of mourning in the DPR for the victims of the shelling of Donetsk. On Sunday evening, January 21, the Joint Press Center of the Tauride Defense Forces declared non-involvement for this case:
“The Russians are disseminating information about the attack on the market in Donetsk. We responsibly declare that the forces that are subordinate to the Tavria OSUV, in this case, did not conduct combat work with destructive weapons. Donetsk is Ukraine! Russia will have to answer for the lives of Ukrainians taken.”
BBC News was unable to immediately check circumstances of the strike. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “strongly condemns all attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, including today’s shelling of the city of Donetsk,” said a statement released by the office of the head of the international organization.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du1c-3QS_gg
More Stories
What blew up the Crimean Bridge in 2022
There will be no forced return of Ukrainian men from abroad; the e-office for those liable for military service will start working on May 18
Will Europe forcibly return Ukrainian draft dodgers?