The DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire reported on Telegram that Ukrainian security forces had shelled Dokuchaevsk.
“Fixed shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction: 00:05 - n.p. Bugas - n.p. Dokuchaevsk," the message says. It is noted that 40 grenades were fired from the AGS.
Earlier, a powerful explosion thundered a few tens of meters from the building of the DPR government building in the center of Donetsk. According to the agency, fire is visible at the site of the explosion, nearby buildings are not damaged. There is no information about victims yet.
The people's militia of the DPR confirmed to the agency an explosion in the center of Donetsk - a car was blown up in the parking lot near the government house. According to preliminary data, it happened around 19:00.
On February 18, the heads of the LPR and DPR announced the evacuation, explaining such a measure by the threat of an imminent attack by the Ukrainian military. According to the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, the Donetsk military daily records the increase in the number of lethal weapons by the Ukrainian army, including the Smerch and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, as well as the American Javelin and Stinger man-portable missile systems.
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