MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. The number of victims from the Ukrainian army’s recent missile strike on the center of Donetsk has risen to 21, as one of the victims died in the hospital, DPR leader Denis Pushilin said on Tuesday.
"Unfortunately, another person in the hospital has already died. Twenty-one people in total were killed as a result of yesterday's rocket attack. The rest are hospitalized, and doctors are doing everything they can," he said during a broadcast on the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
According to Pushilin, the names of all those responsible for the rocket attack have been established. "Yesterday, we found out, based on the number of the missile, what kind of units it was, who the commanders were, who gave the order on the spot, and whether there was appropriate coordination," he specified.
"Naturally, our unit has a corresponding task with regard to war criminals," the DPR leader said.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Ukrainian army launched a rocket attack on a residential neighborhood in Donetsk at around 11:30 a.m. on Monday. March 15 has been declared a day of mourning in the DPR.