A source in security agencies of the self-proclaimed
Donetsk People’s Republic said that Ukrainian forces used mortars of 82mm and
120mm caliber.
DONETSK, July 12. /TASS/. Ukrainian forces have shelled Gorlovka from heavy weaponry last night, a source in security agencies of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) said on Tuesday.
"At 10:30pm (on Monday), Ukrainian forces opened
fire at Gorlovka from artillery weapons of 122mm caliber," Donetsk News
Agency quoted the source as saying.
According to the source, Kiev forces opened fire from
the settlement of Novgorodskoye. In general, they fired eight
artillery shells.
DPR said that Ukrainian forces also used mortars of 82mm
and 120mm caliber. They opened fire at the settlements of Trudovskiye and
Staromikhaylovka in the west of Donetsk, Zaytsevo in the north of Gorlovka,
Sosnovskoye and Sakhanka in the south of DPR, and industrial area near
Yasinovataya.
In total, Ukrainian forces fired 206 shells at DPR
territory. Information about injuries and damages is being verified.
The participants of the Contact Group on settling the
situation in east Ukraine agreed on observing ceasefire starting from April 30.
However, the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk republics (DPR and LPR) and
Kiev forces continue accusing each other of violating the ceasefire regime in
Donbass.
Ceasefire is envisaged by the Minsk accords signed on 12
February 2015, after negotiations in the so-called "Normandy format"
in the Belarusian capital Minsk, bringing together Russian President Vladimir
Putin, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and
Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko. The package of measures also envisages
weaponry withdrawal, prisoner exchange, local election in Donbass,
constitutional reform in Ukraine and establishing working sub-groups on
security, political, economy and humanitarian components of the Minsk accords.
Source: ITAR-TASS 12-07-2016
