As many as six US-made HIMARS artillery rockets struck the Donetsk main administration building in an apparent assassination attempt on DPR leader Denis Pushilin and visiting Russian parliament members.

As many as six US-made HIMARS artillery rockets struck the Donetsk main administration building in an apparent assassination attempt on DPR leader Denis Pushilin and visiting Russian parliament members.

Russian forces continued to fire on areas near Dibrivne, Mazanivka and Dolyna.

Explosions occurred at warehouses near the Auchan hypermarket in Donetsk.

Russian state news agency Ria Novosti claimed that Ukrainian troops hit the warehouses.

Ukrainian forces destroyed a base of the 'Piatnashka' brigade and its ammunition stocks in Donetsk after receiving coordinates from investigators and Russian blogger Pavel Kukushkin.

Russian forces conducted 15 strikes on residential areas in Donetsk region, hitting Avdiivka, Toretsk, Kostyantynivka, Chasiv Yar, Tsukuryne, Severny, Rai-Oleksandrivka, Markove, and Pryshyb.