What is known about the shelling of a shopping center in Donetsk by the Ukrainian Armed Forces

The Galaktika shopping center caught fire in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, emergency services told TASS.

According to the latest data, at least two people were killed and 11 were injured.

TASS has collected the main information about the incident.

Circumstances of the shelling

• Kyiv shelled the busy shopping center "Galaktika" in Donetsk.
• According to the military investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the DPR, the enemy has shelled the Petrovsky district of the city five times since the beginning of the day using 155-mm artillery.
• Shelling of the area continues.
• There were children inside the burning shopping center in Donetsk at the time of the Ukrainian Armed Forces strike.
• Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs became active near the burning shopping center.
• The area of ​​the fire in the shopping center in Donetsk is over 10 thousand square meters.
• The firefighting in the Galaktika shopping center in Donetsk is complicated by the operational situation; the Ministry of Emergency Situations employees are forced to move to a safe distance.
• Investigators opened a criminal case of terrorism following the incident.

Dead and injured

• According to the latest information , at least two people were killed in the shelling.
• There may be more casualties; there were many visitors in the shopping centre at the time of the incident.
• 11 people were injured after the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the Galaktika shopping center in Donetsk.