13 killed after shelling in Russian-controlled city of Donetsk

By Burc Eruygur

ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 13 people were killed and 10 others injured on Sunday due to shelling in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, which is currently under Russian control.

“According to preliminary information, at least 13 were killed and 10 were wounded as a result of the horrendous shelling of the market area in Donetsk’s Tekstilshchik suburb,” Denis Pushilin, the Russian-installed head of the Donetsk region, said on Telegram.

Expressing that operational services are working on the spot, Pushilin said that information about the casualties continues to be received and clarified.

Both Moscow and Kyiv have exchanged accusations over airstrikes against each other that intensified in late December when at least 40 people were killed in various regions of Ukraine in a massive air attack, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as the "heaviest attack" since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war.

On Jan. 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country would not let “a single crime of this kind” go unpunished following a subsequent raid on the Russian city of Belgorod, which killed 25 people and wounded many others.