Donetsk, Oct 25 – DAN. DPR militiaman killed, another one injured as Ukrainian forces shelled DPR territory yesterday, a DPR senior defense official said.

"One militiaman was killed by Ukraine's mortar fire, another one was wounded," Operations Command deputy commander Colonel Eduard Basurin told a news briefing at the Donetsk News Agency.

Civilian casualty was also confirmed in Trudovskiye township in DPR Petrovskiy district.

Earlier it was reported that Kiev forces violated the ceasefire 252 times over the last 24 hours, using artillery and mortars in 147 recorded cases.