Posted 18 февраля 2022,, 17:09

Published 18 февраля 2022,, 17:09

Modified 24 декабря 2022,, 22:38

Updated 24 декабря 2022,, 22:38

A government car was destroyed by an explosion in the center of Donetsk

A government car was destroyed by an explosion in the center of Donetsk

18 февраля 2022, 17:09
Фото: Соцсети Донецка
The explosion thundered on the evening of Friday, February 18, in the center of Donetsk. A car was blown up in the parking lot in front of the government building (pictured).

This is reported by TASS, with reference to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire regime. The incident occurred at 19:00 (Moscow time), employees of the local Ministry of Emergency Situations left for the scene. There are no reports of possible casualties so far.

According to the SHOT telegram channel, the UAZ of the head of the People's Militia of the DPR Denis Sinenkov was blown up. He himself was not injured.

Earlier on Friday, the authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic decided to urgently evacuate the elderly, women and children to the Rostov region after the escalation of the military conflict in the Donbass.

The head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), Leonid Pasechnik, on Friday also urged residents of the republic to evacuate to Russia.

Since February 17, the OSCE has recorded almost 600 ceasefire violations in Donbass

Temporary accommodation centers for refugees have now been set up in the Rostov region.

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