At least 25 people were killed and 20 injured after Ukrainian forces shelled the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Denis Pushilin, the Russian-appointed head of the Donetsk region, said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
According to Alexei Kulemzin, the city\u2019s Russian-installed mayor, Ukrainian forces shelled a busy area where shops and a market are located.<\/p>\n
Pushilin said the city was shelled by Ukrainian artillery. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s markets.<\/p>\n
Read more:\u00a0Russia’s largest air strike on Ukraine resulted in 30 deaths and over 160 injuries<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Pushilin said emergency services were working at the scene and that forensic specialists were trying to collect fragments of the weapons used in the attack.<\/p>\n Donetsk is one of four Ukrainian regions which Russia<\/a> claimed to have annexed last year in a move condemned as illegal by most countries at the United Nations General Assembly. Russia does not fully control any of the four regions.<\/p>\n