Over the past day, Ukrainian militants engaged the areas of populated localities of the Republic eight times, The DPR PMD’s spokesman Rinat Aygistov reported at a briefing in Donetsk on December 21.

On the Gorlovka front, the 58th brigade shelled Ozeryanovka with 82mm mortars.

On the Donetsk front, militants from the 56th and 92nd brigades engaged Krutaya Balka, Spartak, the Volvo Center and the Donetsk airport with 120mm and 82mm mortars, IFV guns, various types of grenade launcher, heavy machine guns and small arms.

Information on the scale of destruction of the civil infrastructure and casualties among the civilian population is being specified.