Russia requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council after Kyiv’s strikes on Donetsk

Russia has requested an urgent open meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with Kyiv’s strikes on Donetsk. About this in your Telegram channel reported First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the world organization Dmitry Polyansky.

“We expect that it will be scheduled for 23:00 Moscow time on November 8,” Polyansky added.

Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin in his Telegram channel reportedthat as a result of a three-time shelling of the city center by the Ukrainian Armed Forces using HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, according to preliminary information, six people were killed and 11 were injured. Four civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. A direct hit was also recorded on the building of the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population.

During the shelling of the Budennovsky district, according to Pushilin, a man was wounded. Nine apartment buildings and one medical facility were damaged.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have repelled eight attacks in the Krasnolimansky and Donetsk directions. In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, the Russian military defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Ugledar and Staromayorsky DPR. The enemy lost up to 70 military personnel, one tank, two armored combat vehicles and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, stated Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.