Donetsk, Feb 14 - DAN. Thirty-six houses and infrastructure facilities have been damaged in shelling by Ukrainian forces since the 23 December ceasefire came into force, head of DPR Mission to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination Ruslan Yakubov said on Wednesday.

“Damage to 36 house and infrastructure facilities has been recorded since the beginning of truce,” Yakubov said.

Over this period, Ukrainian forces violated the ceasefire 400 times, according to the JCCC officer. One civilian was killed and another 11 were wounded in shelling by Kiev forces, he added.

The latest Donbass ceasefire, negotiated at a Contact Group meeting, came into force at midnight on 23 December.*jk