Donetsk, Apr 8 – DAN. Ukrainian forces shelled western Donetsk this morning,  the DPR mission to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) said.

"From 5.35 a.m. to 7.20 a.m. the shelling by Ukrainian armed formations was ongoing from the direction of Maryinka targeting Shakhta Trudovskaya; 35 rounds of 120 mm caliber and six SPG rounds were fired," the report reads.

Kiev forces also targeted DPR territory close to the disengagement area Petrovskoye – Bogdanovka south of Donetsk. Two rounds of 120 mm and 20 AGS rounds were fired, as well as large caliber machine guns and small arms rounds.

No information on casualties is currently available. *ot