Self-proclaimed Donetsk republic reports five casualties over past week
DONETSK. Nov 4 (Interfax) - Five people have been killed and nine others injured in the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's republic (DPR) over the past week, a spokesperson for the DPR human rights commissioner told journalists on Friday.
"Five people have been killed in DPR territory as a result of Ukraine's aggression from October 39 to November 4, including four servicemen, who died from armed provocations by Ukrainian government forces near Sakhanka, the Novoazovsk district, and near Spartak," the spokesperson said.
One civilian was also killed by artillery fire in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk he said.
"From October 28 to November 3, nine people, including six civilians and three servicemen, were injured as a result of armed aggression by Ukrainian government forces," he said.
A total of 56 people, including 32 civilians and one child, have been injured in the DPR over the past month, he said.
"Thirty-nine people have died in the Donetsk people's republic from October 1 to 31, 2016, including four civilians and 35 servicemen of the republic," he added.
Kyiv had reported earlier on Friday that one Ukrainian serviceman had been killed and two others wounded in eastern Ukraine over the previous 24 hours.
