Donetsk, Mar 11 - DAN. A low pressure gas pipe in the Shakhta Trudovskaya settlement in the western outskirts of Donetsk was damaged in grenade launcher fire delivered by Ukrainian forces, the Donetsk People’s Republic Office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) reported on Thursday.

“At 08:05, Ukrainian armed formations fired recoilless guns at the Shakhta Trudovskaya settlement in the western outskirts of Donetsk damaging a low pressure gas pipe located between 18 Krasnaya Street and 19 Krasnaya Street,” the report said.

The fire that started after the strike has already been put out; the gas emergency service sent a team to the scene to carry out repairs, the JCCC said. There were no civilian casualties, according to preliminary information.

The package of tighter ceasefire control measures came into force in Donbass on July 27, 2020. The document bans the use of all weapons, deployment of hardware, special operations, engineer works and unmanned aerial vehicles flights.*jk