Over the past 24 hours, as a result of enemy shelling, one person was killed in Siversk, as well as another in Pereizne, Bakhmut district, Donetsk region, Head of the Regional Military Administration Vadym Filashkin said.

"Bakhmut district. A person died in Siversk, another one in Pereizne, Zvanivska community," he said in the Telegram channel on Thursday.

In addition, a person was injured in Zhelanne, Ocheretianska community, and a cultural center there was also damaged. In Hrodivka, Kurakhivska community, an administrative building, a store and a household were destroyed.

In just one day, the Russians shelled populated areas of the Donetsk region 26 times. Some 173 people, including 26 children, were evacuated from the front line.