"The fire was opened at 20 settlements
of the republic," the DPR operation command told the Donetsk News Agency.
DONETSK,
June 17. /TASS/. Ukraine’s forces violated ceasefire 71 times over the past 24
hours, shelling the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic,
the DPR operation command said on Saturday.
"The
fire was opened at 20 settlements of the republic," a spokesman told the
Donetsk News Agency.
During the
shellings, the Kiev forces used artillery weapons, tanks, mortars, infantry
combat vehicles, armored fighting vehicles, grenade launchers and small arms.
Several houses were damaged in Lozovskoy village in the Kuybyshevsky district
and the Alexandrovka village in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
Earlier in
the day, the administration of Yasinovataya reported that the Kashtanovoye
village was cut off power after this morning’s shelling, and the Krasny
Partisan village was partly left without electricity.
Ahead of
the International Day for Protection of Children, the parties to the conflict
had agreed to another ceasefire that came into force at midnight on June 1.
Nevertheless, the shellings continue.
Source: ITAR-TASS 17-06-2017
