The victims reportedly included bus passengers and someone in a nearby car.
Last week, 13 people were killed when a bus was struck by artillery fire in Buhas, south-west of Donetsk.
More than 4,800 people have been killed and some 1.2 million displaced since pro-Russian rebels seized parts of Luhansk and Donetsk regions in April.
The rebel movements followed Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in March.
There has been a recent surge in violence in and around Donetsk as a battle for control of the city's airport - which has gained symbolic importance for both sides - has intensified.
Ukraine's defence ministry said fighting continued there on Thursday morning, with parts of the airport still under Ukrainian military control.
Earlier it said 20 Ukrainian soldiers had withdrawn from some airport buildings because their positions were destroyed and they were under direct shelling. Six soldiers had died and 16 were wounded, it said.
Ukraine says Russia has more than 9,000 soldiers fighting alongside the rebels, a claim that Moscow denies.
On Wednesday, foreign ministers from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany issued a joint call to end the fighting, following talks in Berlin.
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