Over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupying army shelled populated areas of Donetsk region 20 times, multiple destruction was recorder, one local resident was killed, and six more were wounded, head of the regional military administration Vadym Filashkin reported.

"In just one day, the Russians shelled settlements in Donetsk region 20 times. A total of 254 people, including 31 children, were evacuated from the front line," he wrote on his Telegram channel on Wednesday.

According to the regional administration, in Pokrovsk district, the private sector of Kurakhove and Ostrivske was under fire, 25 houses and an infrastructure facility were damaged in Pokrovsk.

The wounded were recorded in Illinka, Maryinka community (one person) and in Pokrovsk (four people).

"Kramatorsk district. In Lzman community, two houses were destroyed and two damaged in Zarichne, one destroyed and one damaged in Torske, two houses and two outbuildings were damaged in Yampil. In Yablunivka, Illinka community, two objects were damaged," Filashkin wrote.

In Bakhmut district in Toretsk community, one person was killed and one was wounded in Pivnichne. Also in the community, two houses and an infrastructure facility were destroyed, and two houses were damaged. In Chasivo Yar community, six private houses, a high-rise building and an industrial building were damaged. In Siversk, five houses were damaged, and another one in Serebrianka.