MELITOPOL, February 18. /TASS/. Six people have been wounded as a result of an explosion of the Ukrainian army’s cluster munitions in the Donetsk People’s Republic, DPR Head Denis Pushilin said.

"Today, as a result of an explosion of the enemy’s cluster munitions on the territory of the region six civilians were wounded, including three children," Pushilin wrote on his Telegram channel.

A man born in 1968 stepped on a Lepestok mine (also known as a "petal mine" or a "butterfly mine") in Donetsk’s Kiev region, Pushilin said, adding that two people were wounded in Gorlovka. "Three children - boys born in 2012, 2013, 2014 - were injured as a result of a submunition explosion in Panteleymonovka. Their condition is estimated as severe," he said.