Donetsk, Sep 20 – DAN. Ukrainian forces violated the ceasefire 38 times over the past 24 hours, damaging four households, DPR Operations Command said.

“Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian forces violated the ceasefire 38 times firing at 18 DPR townships areas,” a DPR Operations Command representative said.

The enemy used artillery,mortars, infantry fighting vehicle cannons, armored personnel carriers guns, grenade launchers and small arms.

A gas pipe has been damaged on Chernogorskaya street 9, Petrovskiy district of Donetsk.

The ‘school ceasefire’ has been agreed to by the sides as the new academic year is to begin in Donbass on September 1. It came into force at midnight August 25. It hasn’t proved to be durable, thought in the first hours the security situation along the contact line stabilized.*ot