DONETSK, March 22. /TASS/. The armed forces of Ukraine shelled the Donetsk city center on Tuesday evening, several projectiles exploded near a school and outside the Donbass Arena stadium, the territorial defense headquarters of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) said.

"Armed formations of Ukraine attacked the center of Donetsk," the headquarters said in its Telegram channel. "In the course of indiscriminate fire targeting the city center, Ukrainian projectiles exploded outside School No.54 and the Donbass Arena Stadium."

The DPR mission to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) said the shelling attack occurred at about 20:05. In total, five 152mm-caliber projectiles were fired.