Two children killed in Friday strike on Donetsk - authorities

ROSTOV-ON-DON. March 15 (Interfax) - Two children died as a result of a strike on the city of Donetsk on Friday morning, head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin said, adding that an effort to clear the rubble is continuing.

"Two children, a girl and a boy, were killed when an enemy shell directly hit a private house in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk at 4:00 a.m. today, sparking a fire. The search for people possibly trapped under the rubble is continuing," Pushilin said in a statement.