DONETSK, March 14. /TASS/. Law enforcers and rescuers continue to work at the site in central Donetsk where debris of a Tochka-U missile fell, killing civilians, according to a TASS reporter at the scene.
Almost all windows were shattered in the buildings on Universitetskaya Street, where the explosion took place. A bus and a trolleybus are standing windowless in a street, with holes gaping in their sides after the vehicles were hit with most of the debris. Also, the debris and a shockwave from the blast badly damaged many shops and cafes. Dead bodies are lying in the bus and near the buildings.
Casings of the missile’s damage agents can be seen in the street. They are steel cylinders containing shrapnel. Some of the cars parked nearby were gutted with fire, while others had their tires punctured and windows knocked out.
"We heard a rumbling, whistling sound that was very loud and very close," a shop assistant told TASS. "Then the explosions began, and a customer and I ran away and hid."
Earlier on Monday, the DPR authorities said that debris of a Tochka-U missile, which was fired by the Ukrainian armed forces, fell in the city center. According to the DPR head, Denis Pushilin, the missile carried a cluster charge. The latest data indicate that as a result, 17 people were killed and 28 were wounded.