Over the past 24 hours, the armed formations of Ukraine engaged the areas of populated localities of the Republic five times, spokesman to the DPR PMD Oleg Nikitin reported on January 22.

“On the Gorlovka front, militants from the 59th and 58th AFU brigades engaged Zaytsevo (south) by using 120mm and 82mm mortars, automatic grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms.

On the Mariupol front, the 10th brigade attacked Sakhanka with small arms.

Information on the scale of destruction of the civil infrastructure and victims among civilians is being clarified,” Oleg Nikitin said.