Over the past week, the AFU violated the ceasefire 69 times, including with prohibited weapons, Vice-Commander of the Operational Command Colonel Eduard Basurin reported at the briefing in Donetsk on January 31.

“The enemy fired 66 shells, 118 grenades of various types, launched 151 rounds with IFV guns and also actively engaged small arms at 16 localities of the Republic.

As a result of the shelling carried out by the AFU, there were damaged four residential buildings in Yasnoye, Staromikhailovka and the Gagarin mine’s village were damaged,” Eduard Basurin said.