Donetsk, Dec 24 - DAN. Ukrainian forces violated the ceasefire nine times over the past 24 hours, head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination Ruslan Yakubov said on Tuesday.

“Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian forces violated the ceasefire nine times expending four rounds of ammunition,” Yakubov said.

Fire was delivered at the town of Yasinovataya, the Spartak village and the Staromikhailovka settlement (Donetsk axis), the Colliery 6/7 and Dolomitnoye settlements (Gorlovka axis) and the Novolaspa and Kominternovo villages (Mariupol axis), he added.

The enemy used grenade launchers and high calibre small arms. The amount of expended ammunition of calibre up to 12.7mm is not added to overall daily statistics.

In the previous reporting period, Ukrainian forces violated the Donbass contact line ceasefire five times.*jk