Ukrainian Defense Ministry says it lost 3 troops in Donbas on Tuesday
KYIV. Jan 31 (Interfax) - Two soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were wounded and one injured in the military operation area in Donbas as of 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzianyk told the Ukrainska Pravda newspaper.
"According to operational data, two people are wounded and another one has got a battle injury. [We recorded] 25 instances of shelling along the entire contact line at this point," Motuzianyk said.
He said earlier on Tuesday that the OSCE and the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) tried to convince the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) to establish a ceasefire regime to allow for repairs of municipal infrastructure.
An official with the DPR defense ministry, in turn, told reporters on Tuesday that the Ukrainian Armed Forces once again shelled Makiivka, inflicting damage on one gas main and two homes.
Donetsk and Makiivka continue to sustain shelling, the DPR official said.
According to tentative information, no people have so far been injured in the shelling.
Vitaly Zarubin, deputy head of the DPR Emergencies Control Center, told a briefing conference later on Tuesday that several employees of the DPR Emergency Situations Ministry came under fire during rescue operations in the Kyivsky district of Donetsk.
