7 May 2015 17:21

One DPR militiaman killed in past 24 hours - Basurin

DONETSK. May 7 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian military opened fire on the militia positions and populated areas of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic 46 times in the past 24 hours, Eduard Basurin, a senior official at the DPR Defense Ministry, said.

"Forty-six ceasefire breaches were registered in the past 24 hours. Shyrokyne, Horlivka, Volvo-Center, Altnoye, and Oktyabr. Forty shots were fired from the Ukrainian side using 152-mm and 122-mm systems. Three militiamen were wounded and one was killed," Basurin told reporters on Thursday evening.