No fewer than four people have been killed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Siversk following Russian shelling.

Disclosing this on Monday, the regional military governor of Donetsk, Vadym Filashkin said the dead were men aged between 36 and 86.

Speaking on Telegram, Filashkin called on Siversk’s remaining residents to flee the city, which is located about 10 kilometres west of the front line.

Siversk had a population of over 10,000 before the war.

Russia has declared the entire Donetsk region part of its territory but only has partial control there.