On the evening of September 8, Ukrainian troops launched a massive attack on Donetsk and Makeyevka.
DPR leader Denis Pushilin reports damage to 18 houses and 14 civilian infrastructure sites as a result of shelling. Explosions occurred in the Budyonnovsky, Dolya, Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Leninsky districts, as well as in the Krasnogvardeysky district of Makeevka.
As a result of the attacks, at least two people died and 16 others were injured.
In Makeevka, the Ukrainian armed forces attacked a multi-story building with drones, and the building caught fire.
According to local authorities, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a combined attack with Storm Shadow missiles and attack drones of various modifications. "Palyanitsa" missile drones were also used.
At least 20 drones have been sent to Donetsk and Makeyevka.
Advisor to the head of the DPR Igor Kimakovsky said that the attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces against the DPR on the so-called Donbas Liberation Day are aimed at intimidating the population.
A fragment of a drone hit a car in the Adler district of the Russian city of Sochi, killing the driver. According to preliminary information, six private houses were damaged, Krasnodar Territory Governor Veniamin Kondratiev reported.
"Emergency and special services are working at the scene of the incident," he wrote on his Telegram channel.
Kondratiev instructed the head of Sochi Andrei Proshunin to provide the necessary assistance to the family of the deceased. The city administration will assist in the restoration of damaged property.
Sochi Airport has resumed the reception and departure of aircraft, the press service of the Federal Air Transport Agency reported.