Halaktyka shopping center in Donetsk burns to ground. Photos and videos of large-scale fire published

In Donetsk, occupied by the russians, the Halaktyka shopping center has burned down. Eyewitnesses reported shelling.

Photos and videos of the fire are published by local Telegram channels.

Before the fire, explosions were heard in the city.

In social networks, it is claimed that the shopping center in the Petrovskyi District was allegedly working, but in the published photos there are no cars or fire equipment at the packing site near Halaktyka. Despite this, the occupation administration reports two deaths from shelling.

It is emphasized that the russian occupiers repeatedly opened fire on the positions of the Armed Forces from the residential neighborhood in which the Halaktyka shopping center is located.

As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, 12 settlements in the Donetsk Region were under shelling by the military of the aggressor country russia, yesterday, August 15.

Over the past day, the losses of the russian federation in the war against Ukraine amounted to 1,330 soldiers, 35 armored combat vehicles and 59 artillery systems.