REUTERS
Over a tense night in Donetsk the Kuibyshevskiy and Petrovskiy districts of the city were shelled by Russian-backed militants, Donetsk City Administration reported on its Web site on Thursday.
"Three civilians were killed, and another ten were wounded as a result of military attacks," the report says.
According to the report, several houses, outbuildings and city communications were damaged as a result of being hit by shells.
As of 0930 on Thursday artillery could be periodically heard around the city.