Two civilians suffered injuries in a militant attack on the town of Maryinka in the Donetsk region early on Monday morning, the Maryinka police department said.

"The explosion of a shell which hit Volodarska Street injured a 67-year-old man and a woman born in 1981 [...] They were hit when they were heading for a basement," a report published on the official webpage of the Donetsk regional department of the National Police said.

"The man suffered a stomach wound from shrapnel, and the woman, his niece, had chest and limb injuries," the police said.

The patients with the shrapnel wounds were taken to Kurakhove city hospital.

The incident was reported to the Maryinka police department at 04:25 a.m. An investigative team is working on the incident scene. A criminal case was opened under the 'terror attack' article (Part 2, Article 258) of the Ukrainian Criminal Code.