Ukraine’s forces over the past 24 hours opened fire
on territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) 40 times, the Donetsk News
Agency said on Sunday referring to the republic’s defense ministry.
“The Ukrainian military opened 40 times fire on the
territory of DPR,” the ministry said.
Under fire were settlements Alexandrovka, Zhabunki,
Spartak, the area around the Volvo Center and the Donetsk airport. The
Nazi military used 82mm mortars, grenade launchers and small arms.
“The losses among the civilians demonstrate clearly the
punitive forces are targeting not at military positions, but at houses, so that
to provoke the republic’s forces to respond,” the defense ministry said.
On Saturday, a man died of injuries and a 9 year-old
girl got injured.
Ukrainian troops have been engaged in fighting with
local militias during Kiev’s punitive operation, underway since mid-April 2014,
against the breakaway territories – the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics
constituting parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine.
Source: Novorossia
Today 08-02-2016
