Donetsk's city administration building hit by shelling - Russian-backed officials
The administration said on the Telegram messaging app that the main entry into the building was hit and several nearby cars damaged.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comDonetsk city has been controlled by the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic since 2014. Russia moved in September to annex the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, in the biggest expansion of Russian territory in at least half a century.
Moscow declared the annexations after holding what it called referendums in occupied areas of Ukraine. Western governments and Kyiv said the votes breached international law and were coercive and non-representative.Reporting in Melbourne by Lidia Kelly; Editing by Michael Perry
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