Fifteen people have been killed and 46 others injured as Mariupol was shelled on Saturday morning, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said in a statement available on its website on Saturday.

"As many as 46 civilians sustained fragmentation wounds. Among those injured is a 12-year-old girl. Fifteen people have been killed," it said.

It was reported earlier that at least 10 people had been killed and 46 others injured in the artillery attack on Mariupol.