Donetsk, Jan 22 – DAN. Ukrainian forces violated the ceasefire eight times over the past 24 hours, the DPR mission to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) said.

“Over the past 24 hours, the number of registered violations was eight; the number of rounds fired was 64”.

The townships of Oktyabr, Zaitchenko, Sakhanka, Bezymyannoye, Staromikhailovka came under the fire of 120 mm and 82 mm mortars, grenade launchers and small arms.

One DPR servicemember was killed, another one injured. Three houses were damaged in Staromikhailovka.

The Additional Measures to Strengthen the Ceasefire were signed at the Contact Group meeting on July 22 to reinforce and control the indefinite ceasefire in effect since July 21, 2019, the latest in the series of more than 20 reconfirmation and announcements of the “silence regime”. The package came into effect on July 27. *ot