Today’s special is about the shelling of the DPR’s capital city || Спецвыпуск 19.06.2022

This is a special program from the ANNA NEWS. I am Constantine Reztsov, and today’s special is about the shelling of the DPR’s capital city.

Starting from 18th of June, the city of Donetsk is being heavily shelled by the Ukrainian forces. The number of victims is growing. The DPR’s Territorial Defense HQ clarified that the death toll from the shelling reached 5 people, 12 were injured. The HQ also reported that during 18th of June, at least fifty 155mm shells were fired from the Ukraine-controlled town of Avdeevka, at the center of Donestk.

«Take care of yourselves and your families. Try to not leave your houses unless absolutely necessary. During a shelling, do not leave the shelters» — the DPR’s defense HQ told to the citizens of Donetsk. The press office of the DPR’s People’s Militia showed a footage of consequenses of the shelling of the center of Donetsk by the Ukrainian forces.

Earlier the press office reported that the employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR were killed during the shelling. They went to put out a fire, caused by the shelling, in the center of the capital city, together with a rescue team. It became known that a military reporter, Vladislav Yevtushenko, came under one of these artillery strikes on residential areas of Donetsk while filming the aftermath of shelling.

The journalist filmed the destruction from the shelling on the Universitetskaya Street, near a local cinema ’’Zvyozdochka’’. During the filming, 1 shell exploded nearby. «We were a stunned a but, and then sprinkled with rubble, caused by the the blast wave. The rubble fell from a building nearby. The Ukrainian so-called «Sword of Damocles» looks something like that» — the military reporter commented on his own footage.

After the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk, the Ukrainian forces attacked the Budyonnovsky district of the city. The situation remains extremely tense.

ANNA News is following the events. Stay tuned