Donetsk, Jun 29 - DAN. Ukrainian forces fired more than 100 mortar rounds at DPR territory over the past 24 hours, DPR Operations Command deputy commander Eduard Basurin said on Thursday.

“The enemy fired 12 82mm mortar rounds and 95 120mm mortar rounds at eight settlements on Donetsk axis, and also used infantry fighting vehicle cannons, grenade launchers and small arms,” Basurin said.

On Mariupol axis, Ukrainian army fired six heavy mortar rounds at four settlements, he added. Ukrainian gunmen used grenade launchers and small arms outside Gorlovka.

Earlier on Thursday, reports said Kiev forces violated the ceasefire 31 times over the past 24 hours. A civilian was killed and three residential houses and a power line were damaged in Staromikhailovka village shelling on Wednesday evening. In suburban Dokuchayevsk, a gas pipe was damaged by shelling.*jk