Donetsk, Apr 6 – DAN. A DPR soldier has been killed by Ukrainian sniper fire outside Yasinovataya, said DPR representative at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) Ruslan Yakubov.

"This morning a sniper has been reported active on Avdeyevka-Mineralnoye direction (outside Yasinovataya). A DPR soldier was killed by the sniper's fire."

The Easter ceasefire initiated by the DPR Head Alexander Zakharchenko was supported by the Contact Group members and came into force at midnight March 30. The Ukrainian side violated it at 9.35 a.m. by targeting Kominternovo with mortar rounds. *ot