Over the past 24 hours, the armed formations of Ukraine opened fire thirty five times at populated localities, spokesman for the DPR PMD Oleg Nikitin reported at the briefing on April 1.
“On the Gorlovka front, militants of the 59th and 58th brigades armed with 122mm artillery, 120mm and 82mm mortars, various rocket launchers, large-caliber machine guns and small arms engaged Dolomitnoye, Gorlovka, Ozeryanovka and the village of Gagarin Mine.
On the Donetsk front, the 28th, 54th and 57th brigades armed with 122mm artillery, 120 and 82mm mortars, IFV guns, various rocket launchers, large-caliber machine guns and small arms engaged Mineralnoye, Aleksandrovka, Spartak, Zhabishevo, Staromikhaylovka, the Donetsk airport and the village of Gagarin Mine, Abakumov Mine, Trudovskaya Mine and Oktyabrskaya Mine.
On the Mariupol front, militants of the 10th brigade shelled Kominternovo with 82mm mortars,” Oleg Nikitin reported.
He also added that yesterday at 10:30, militants of the 28th AFU brigade engaged Staromikhaylovka and the village of Trudovskaya Mine with 122mm artillery and IFV guns.
“As a result of another terrorist act committed by Ukrainian militants, six residential buildings at 8 and 44 Kotsyubinskogo St. 17 Gorkogo St., 6 and 4 Kirova St. and 95 Karnavalnaya St..
In addition, during the shelling on the village of Oktyabrskaya Mine, Ukrainian militants intentionally destroyed the OSCE SMM’s surveillance camera, a residential building at 15 Marshala Zhukova Ave. is also damaged.
In violation of the Minsk agreements, Ukrainian militants launched a massive artillery attack on Ozeryanovka and Gorlovka by using 122mm guns. The shelling resulted in damage to seven buses and four trolleybuses, as well as a power line on the premises of the tram and trolleybus department.
More information on civilian casualties and damage to the civil infrastructure is being specified,” Oleg Nikitin said.