Explosions are heard in temporarily occupied Donetsk on Sunday, December 18.

"Donbas-Arena" came under fire. 

This is reported by separatist telegram channels and the occupying "authorities" of Donetsk. 

Local residents claim that the center of Donetsk, "Donbas Arena" and several other stadiums came under fire. 

The occupying "authority" adds that the glass in the windows of the "Donbas-Arena" allegedly fell due to shelling.

Shells also hit RSC "Olimpiyskiy", DM "Yunist", exhibition center, local history museum on Naberezhnaya Street and Myru Avenue.

Fires broke out in some places in Donetsk. 

There is no official information about this, but we note that the Russians are constantly shelling Donetsk in order to blame it on Ukraine. 

Who is actually shelling Donetsk: an explanation 

According to many analysts and the military, the Russians themselves are shelling occupied Donetsk, which the locals hated Ukraine and blamed for the explosions of the Armed Forces.

Even the nature of the shelling indicates the arrival of flights from the occupied territories.

According to experts, the occupiers can thus "motivate" the local population to war.

Advisor to the President's Office, Oleksiy Arestovych, also denies shelling residential areas of Donetsk.

He emphasizes that such actions have no military significance, and the Armed Forces lack the resources to fire at the occupiers, so the destruction of residential quarters in Donetsk is out of the question. 

Military expert Oleg Zhdanov also denies the possibility of shelling of Donetsk, stressing that it is the Russians who are doing it in order to dehumanize the Armed Forces. 

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