Ukraine’s forces over the past 24 hours opened fire on territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) 40 times, the Donetsk News Agency said on Sunday referring to the republic’s defense ministry.
“The Ukrainian military opened 40 times fire on the territory of DPR,” the ministry said.
Under fire were settlements Alexandrovka, Zhabunki, Spartak, the area around the Volvo Center and the Donetsk airport. The Nazi military used 82mm mortars, grenade launchers and small arms.
“The losses among the civilians demonstrate clearly the punitive forces are targeting not at military positions, but at houses, so that to provoke the republic’s forces to respond,” the defense ministry said.
On Saturday, a man died of injuries and a 9 year-old girl got injured.
Ukrainian troops have been engaged in fighting with local militias during Kiev’s punitive operation, underway since mid-April 2014, against the breakaway territories – the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics constituting parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine.
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