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24 of August, 08:32

Military shelled the city of Donetsk
Controlled by the Kiev Military on Sunday night opened fire on Kirov and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, said at the city hall.
"About 23. 00 due to direct hits in the village Staromikhaylovk Kirov district recorded destruction ", - reported in the report on the Internet office of the city administration.
Also under attack were Petrovsky territory, because there is destruction in the private sector. According to available data there are no victims. Last week, in the Kuibyshev district of Donetsk was shelled the Village North, where due to direct hits were destroyed several houses, 2 people received health damage. On Thursday, the Deputy commander of the corps of the Ministry of defence DND Eduard Bacurin stated that the Ukrainian Military are hatching plans for the encirclement of Donetsk. According to his statement, after " carrying out shelling of the positions of the DPR armed forces begin an offensive on Mariupol and Debaltseve directions." Prior to this, Deputy permanent envoy of Russia to the OSCE Andrey Rudenko said that Kyiv tightens equipment and weapons to the separation line in the Donbass, it may indicate the preparation of a large-scale provocation. Zam. the chief of staff of the corps of the people's militia LNR Igor Yashchenko said that the intensity of shelling the territory of the Luhansk people's Republic on military power of Ukraine has increased. Wednesday special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE noted the growing number of hotspots in the Donbas, stated about the victims among the civilian population in the territories under control and DND and Kiev.

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