Ukrainian Armed Forces have violated ceasefire regime in Donbass 27 times over the last 24 hours, including with the use of heavy weaponry, Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) defense ministry said on Thursday.
“The situation in the republic remains tense, the enemy continues using artillery. The number of shellings over the last 24 hours stood at 27,” Donetsk News Agency quoted DPR defense ministry as saying.
According to the defense ministry, 40 artillery shells of 152mm and 122mm caliber were fired, along with 26 tank shells and 66 mortar mines of 82mm and 120mm caliber. Ukrainian forces also used grenade launchers, anti-tank and small arms.
“The most intensive shelling hit the settlement of Primorskoye in the Novoazovsky district, Gorlovka was also shelled,” a DPR defense ministry spokesman said. According to earlier reports, two civilians were killed in night’s shellings in Gorlovka.
The Ukrainian punitives shelled Donetsk airport, Gagarin and Glubokaya mines, settlements of Staromikhaylovka, Verkhnetoretskoye, Botmanka, Spartak, Golmovsky, Veseloye and Zheleznaya Balka.
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