The situation in Donetsk remained tense as of 1300 on Friday.

The situation in the city generally remained calm on Friday, although shots were heard in some districts of the northwestern and southern parts of the city eyewitnesses said.

Many people are leaving Donetsk, heading south, in the direction of Mariupol, by car and by bus. Many road vehicles bear the sign "Children," which, according to eyewitnesses, gives them the right to go through checkpoints without waiting in lines. The city exits there are controlled by supporters of the Donetsk People's Republic, who have also set up checkpoints on the road around Donetsk.

In the places where active military action was conducted, primarily in the Kuibyshevsky and Kyivsky districts, food stores have not opened yet and people have no water or power. Some residents of those districts have left them.