MOSCOW, June 23./TASS/. Two civilians were killed in the shelling of the town of Dokuchayevsk and a neighborhood of Donetsk, the defence ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic reported on Tuesday.

The ministry confirmed the use of artillery and mortars in the shelling of Dokuchayevsk by Ukrainian troops.

One person was killed in the town and one was wounded, the Donetsk News Agency quoted the ministry.