12 Jan 2016 16:58

DPR reports new cases of shelling by Ukrainian military

DONETSK. Jan 12 (Interfax) - The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has recorded four cases of shelling by the Ukrainian army over the past 24 hours.

"In violation of the Minsk agreements, the opponent fired four times on the territory of the DPR. Overall, they fired 22 82mm mortar shells, fired seven times using weapons of an infantry fighting vehicle and an anti-tank weapon system. The village of Kominternove was shelled, as well as the village of Spartak and the town of Zalizna Balka in the Horlivka sector," Eduard Basurin of the DPR Defense Ministry told reporters.