In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian militants engaged the territory of the Republic sixteen times, Deputy Commander of the Operational Command Colonel Eduard Basurin reported at the briefing in Donetsk on April 10.

“On the Gorlovka front, fighters of the 59th and 58th brigades armed with 122mm artillery, 120 and 82mm mortars, various rocket launchers and small arms engaged Dolomitnoye, Shirokaya Balka, Zheleznaya Balka and the village of Gagarin Mine.

Yesterday at 3:50 p.m. the AFU using a combat UAV attacked a residential building in Shirokaya Balka at 166 Plotinnaya Street, as a result of which a girl born 1995 suffered fatal wounds, and a man born 1960 was wounded. In addition, a separate house at 30 Sadovaya Street caught fire during the shelling of the village of Gagarin Mine.

On the Donetsk front, forces of the 57th and 28th brigades armed with 82mm mortars, IFV guns, anti-aircraft systems, various rocket launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms engaged Zhabichevo, Krutaya Balka, Staromikhaylovka, Aleksandrovka, as well as the Donetsk airport.

During the shelling of Staromikhaylovka, four residential buildings were damaged at 30 Pervomayskaya Street, 41, 42 and 43 Zhukovskogo Street.

On the Mariupol front, militants of the 10th and 128th brigades engaged Telmanovo and Bezymennoye with automatic rocket launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms.

Additional information on the scale of destruction of the civil infrastructure and victims among civilians is being specified,” Eduard Basurin noted.