Earlier in the day, Pushilin stated on Telegram that seven people were injured in the shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces.
The DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination reported earlier that the Ukrainian military fired 15 rockets from multiple launch rocket systems shortly after midnight.
"Unfortunately, there are fatalities - preliminary, three people," Pushilin said in a message on Telegram.
He added that medical assistance was being provided to the wounded people.