Ukrainian shelling killed five people and wounded 18 in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, the city’s Kremlin-backed mayorsaid Wednesday, a day after the attack was said to have taken place. Officials in the occupied region accused Ukraine's military of using long-range missiles supplied by the U.S.

to carry out Tuesday evening's deadly attack on central Donetsk. The city's Kremlin-backed mayor Alexei Kulemzin said three women and two men were killed in the strike.He also sharedimages showing emergency services outside a building that was surrounded by debris and where a roof had collapseed. Kulemzin added that the city of Donetsk had been shelled a total of 26 times over a 24-hour period between Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Seven people were wounded in two of the shelling attacks, hesaid, noting that a minibus was hit in one of the strikes. Ukrainian officials have not claimed responsibility for the reported attacks and it was not immediately possible to verify the Russian-installed authorities’ claims.