11 Mar 2017 14:06

Situation on frontline in Donbas exacerbated - self-proclaimed LPR

LUHANSK. March 11 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian troops fired at the positions of the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) about 350 shells and mortars in the past 24 hours, Andrei Marochko, the LPR Defense Ministry spokesperson, said.

"The situation in the area of responsibility of the LPR People's Militia has exacerbated. A total of 348 mortars and shells were fired at the territory of the republic in the past 24 hours," Marochko told reporters on Saturday.

The People's Militia said earlier that the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the positions of militiamen 14 times, and the militia's serviceman was wounded in shelling.

The wounded serviceman has been admitted to a hospital, Marochko said.