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Shelling in the city of Donetsk has killed 25 people and left 20 others wounded, according to Russia-backed officials who blamed Ukraine for the attack.

Vladimir Putin’s foreign ministry claimed without evidence that Western-supplied weapons had been used in the attack on the Donbas city, which is currently held by Russia. Kyiv is yet to comment, but has appeared so far to avoid targeting civilians since Russia’s invasion in February 2022.

Images taken at the scene by Reuters photojournalists showed crying people, some who said they had lost their relatives, and bodies lying on blood-soaked snow near one of the city’s markets.

It came as Ukraine said Russia had indeed captured its first frontline village in weeks, but insisted the loss of Krokhmalne – a Kharkiv settlement with a pre-war population of 45, which was liberated by Kyiv in autumn 2022 – was a “temporary phenomenon.

Meanwhile, Russia’s deputy foreign minister Alexander Grushko claimed the scale of Nato’s Steadfast Defender 2024 exercises – due to start next month – mark a “final and irrevocable return” to Cold War schemes.

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Show latest update 1 hour ago Russian Foreign Ministry comments on attack

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the attack on Donetsk as “a barbaric act of terrorism” by Ukraine that was carried out “with the use of weapons supplied by the West”.

Twenty-five people were killed and 20 injured when Ukrainian forces shelled the Russian-controlled city in eastern Ukraine,

According to Alexei Kulemzin, the city’s Russian-installed mayor, Ukrainian forces bombarded a busy area where shops and a market are located. Pushilin said the city was shelled by Ukrainian artillery. There was no immediate Ukrainian comment.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said: “The Russian side categorically condemns this treacherous strike against the civilian population.”

Alex Ross 21 January 2024 19:34

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3 hours ago Watch: Firefighters battle flames at Russian chemicals terminal

Firefighters battle flames at Russian chemicals terminal after reported Ukrainian drone strikes

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“I’m saying that there’s not a single piece of evidence that he’s dead.”

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4 hours ago Russian private jet crashes in rural Afghanistan

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“The pilot was found by the search team of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,” the statement said. “According to the pilot, four people including the pilot are alive ... The search and assistance of the Islamic Emirate investigation team for the remaining survivors is ongoing.”

In Moscow, Russian civil aviation authorities said a Dassault Falcon 10 went missing with four crew members and two passengers. The Russian-registered aircraft “stopped communicating and disappeared from radar screens,” authorities said. It described the flight as starting from Thailand’s U-Tapao-Rayong-Pattaya International Airport.

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Russia’s Investigative Committee later said it had opened a criminal case on charges related to potential violations of air safety rules or negligence. Procedures call for such investigations to be opened over crashes.

Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova also said that the Russian Embassy in Afghanistan was working with local officials on the incident.

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7 hours ago Russia claims Western weapons used in Donetsk attack

Russia’s foreign ministry has claimed that a shelling attack reported by Russian officials to have killed 25 people in the city of Donetsk was carried out “with the use of weapons supplied by the West”.

Calling the attack “a barbaric act of terrorism”, the ministry added: ““The Russian side categorically condemns this treacherous strike against the civilian population.”

It was not possible to verify the claims. Kyiv has not publicly commented on the attack, but has not appeared to target civilians since Russia’s invasion in February 2022.

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7 hours ago Death toll in Donetsk rises to 25, officials say

The death toll from shelling in Donetsk has risen to 25, Russian authorities have said, accusing Ukraine of hitting a busy area home to shops and a market – in claims to which Kyiv has not yet responded.

Reuters photographs and video taken at the scene showed crying people, some who said they had lost their relatives, and bodies lying on blood-soaked snow near one of the city’s markets.

Denis Pushilin, the Russian-appointed head of the Donetsk region, said emergency services were working at the scene and that forensic specialists were trying to collect fragments of the weapons used in the attack.

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