Illegal armed formations on Thursday morning shelled Maryinka, destroying a house. Rescuers are evacuating children from the school near the shelling, Donetsk regional military-civil administration's head Pavlo Zhebrivsky has said.

"Russian invaders have just fired at Maryinka. A house is burning in the town. Shells have landed near the school. Units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine are putting the fire out and evacuating children from the school," he wrote on his Facebook page.