4 Jun 2015 18:02

Gas pipe, houses demolished after shelling in Avdiivka - Ukrainian Interior Ministry

KYIV. June 4 (Interfax) - On Thursday the militia launched a shell attack on Avdiivka, some houses have been ruined, a gas pipe has been damaged, says Viacheslav Abroskin, the head of the Donetsk regional police.

"Direct shell hits into residential houses near Yubileinaya Street. The houses are ruined, a gas pipeline has been damaged. Information about casualties is being verified," he wrote on his Facebook page.

Abroskin said later that one resident had been injured.

A team of local police investigators is working at the scene.