Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian militants engaged the areas of populated localities of the Republic three times, Deputy Commander of the Operational Command Colonel Eduard Basurin reported at a briefing in Donetsk on January 17.
“On the Gorlovka front, militants from the 59th AFU brigade using various types of grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms engaged Zaytsevo and Bayrak.
On the Donetsk front, the 128th brigade using grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms engaged Dokuchayevsk.
Information on the scale of destruction of the civil infrastructure and victims among civilians is being clarified,” Eduard Basurin stated.