Donetsk, Dec 15 - DAN. Ukrainian armed formations have violated the ceasefire on the contact line with the Donetsk People’s Republic six times over the past 24 hours, the DPR Office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) reported on Tuesday.

“Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian armed formations violated the ceasefire six times expending 19 rounds of ammunition,” the report said.

The amount of expended ammunition of calibre up to 12.7mm is not added to overall daily statistics.

The Shakhty 6/7 settlement in Gorlovka, the Mineralnoye settlement and the Yakovlevka village outside Yasinovataya and the Vesyoloye village north of Donetsk came under fire.  The enemy used grenade launchers and small arms, the JCCC said.

In the previous reporting period, Ukrainian forces violated the ceasefire three times.

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