At least 25 dead in Ukrainian attack on market in Donetsk

At least 25 people have died and 20 have been injured in the Ukrainian attack this Sunday against a Donetsk marketaccording to the leader of the homonymous region annexed by Russia in September 2022, the pro-Russian Denis Pushilin.

“At this time we have confirmed information of 25 deaths. At least another 20 people were injured, including two children, both in a moderately serious condition,” Pushilin said in a statement released by his press office.

Previously the mayor of the city, Alexei Kulemzinhad reported on its Telegram channel 18 dead and 13 injured, although it noted that the authorities were still receiving information about the consequences of the attack.

The market affected by the attack is located in the Tekstilshchik microdistrict, southwest of Donetsk, city ​​over which Ukraine lost control in 2014 and that it is located a dozen kilometers from the front line, so it is within range of the Ukrainian artillery.

The attack on Donetsk comes at a time of escalation of fighting on the Ukrainian eastern frontwhere Russian troops made some progress last day, according to the American think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Russia assures that it takes the initiative of actions on all fronts, while Ukraine declares that it maintains an “active defense” that contains the advances of Moscow’s troops.