As a result of shelling by Ukrainian neo-Nazi fighters, 17 people killed in the DPR for the week

Seventeen people were killed in shellings by Ukrainian forces over last week, and 45 more were injured, the  Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) defense ministry spokesman Eduard Basurin said on Tuesday.

“The total number of victims in bloody shellings over the last week is as follows – 17 civilians were killed, 45 people were injured,” Donetsk News Agency quoted Basurin as saying.

Last week, DPR office of human rights ombudsperson said that almost 1,300 people have been killed in shellings by Ukraine forces in the DPR since the beginning of 2015.
“Since the start of 2015, 1,287 people have died – 1,088 men and 199 women,” the office said. More than 1,100 people have been injured in DPR since the start of the year, DPR human rights office said citing reports by the DPR Center of urgent medical assistance.

Since the start of the armed conflict with Ukrainian forces, 5,061 people have been killed and 6,100 more injured.