Donetsk, Mar 22 – DAN. Ukrainian forces violated the ceasefire 68 times this week, said DPR People's Militia deputy chief-of-staff Eduard Basurin.

"Over the week, 68 ceasefire violations were recorded; 22 townships came under fire."
Over this period, the enemy used 82 mm and 120 mm caliber mortars, IFVs, grenade launchers, large caliber machine guns and small arms.

The JCCC said that in the past 24 hours Kiev forces violated the ceasefire 17 times, firing 180-plus shells.

A new recommitment to the ceasefire in Donbass has come into force on Friday, 1.01 a.m. GMT +3, after the security working group of the Contact Group had agreed to it on the previous day.

At 1.05 a.m. Kiev forces opened 120 mm mortar fire on Alexandrovka, western Donetsk. *ot