Donetsk, Mar 26 - DAN. A house caught fire as Ukrainian forces fired mortars the Trudovskaya Colliery settlement in western Donetsk, the Donetsk People’s Republic Office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) reported on Thursday.

“At 15:30, Ukrainian armed formations fired 82mm mortars  at the Trudovskaya Colliery settlement in western Donetsk,” the report said. “The house at 4 Gavrilyuk Street took a direct hit and caught fire.”

Earlier reports on Thursday said that a house and a utility shed in a village outside Donetsk were damaged in shelling by Ukrainian forces.*jk