Interfax: DPR accuses Ukrainian military of 47 strikes in past 24 hours

DONETSK. July 31 (Interfax) – The Ukrainian Armed Forces have violated the ceasefire on 47 occasions in the past 24 hours, the Defense Ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has said.

“Fifty artillery shells with 152mm and 122mm calibers, 51 tank shells and 198 mines with 82mm and 120mm calibers have been fired against the territory of Donbas. Grenade launchers and small arms have been used as well,” Eduard Basurin of the DPR Defense Ministry told reporters on Friday.

The strikes targeted the localities of Horlivka, Kalynivka, Zaitseve, Oleksandrivka, Lohvynove, Lozove, Nizhne Lozove, Staromykhailivka, Bela Kamenka, Zhabunki, Spartak, the Donetsk airport area and the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, he said.