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Occupation authorities: Ukraine’s Armed Forces shell centre of Donetsk

Ukraine’s Armed Forces have shelled residential buildings in the centre of the city of Donetsk, Russia-appointed head of the city administration Alexey Kulemzin claims.

The centre of Donetsk today. Photo: social media

The centre of Donetsk today. Photo: social media

A 87-year-old woman was injured in the attack, representatives of the pro-Russian territorial defence headquarters of the self-proclaimed Donetsk “people’s republic” claim. She was hospitalised.

The “head of the administration” says that a private building was damaged, while windows were blown out in a preschool institution.

Representatives of the pro-Russian territorial defence headquarters report that a block of flats was damaged on another street and that a gas pipeline was hit near one of the buildings.

This morning, Russia carried out massive missile strikes on Ukrainian cities. Local residents reported explosions in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih, and other Ukrainian cities. As a result, 80% of Kyiv residents were left without water, the press service of Kyiv’s water utility agency reported.

Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko said that, following shelling of critical infrastructure objects, part of the Ukrainian capital had been left without electricity, while several districts — without water. Later, Klitschko clarified that an object providing about 350,000 flats with electricity has been damaged in the attack on the city.

Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko announced earlier in the day that emergency power shutdowns were being carried out across all of Ukraine following the attacks.

There were also reports of attacks in the area of the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant in the city of Zaporizhzhia, Dnister Hydroelectric Power Plant, and the Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant. Russian TV channel Zvezda previously published video recordings of explosions in those areas on its Telegram channel.

Russia’s Ministry of Defence confirmed that the Armed Forces of Russia had carried out missile strikes on Ukrainian cities the morning of 31 October.

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