Russia-backed separatists began to shell Maryinka (Donetsk region), Viacheslav Abroskin, the chief of the National Police department in Donetsk region, said.
“Militants started shelling Maryinka. Pupils from school No. 2 were evacuated to the bomb shelter,” he wrote on Facebook on April 11 morning.
On April 11, during the shelling of positions of the Ukrainian military near Maryinka, during which the separatists used grenade launchers, anti-aircraft guns, heavy machine guns and small arms, the outskirts of the town came under fire, the press center of the Ukrainian army said.
“According to preliminary information, buildings situated on Telmana and Matrosova Streets, came under shelling,” a message, posted on the Facebook page of the military press center, says.
Information about the victims and the destruction of buildings in the town is being gathered.
