Donetsk, Jun 26 - DAN. Ukrainian forces violated the ceasefire seven times over the past 24 hours firing nearly 160 rounds of ammunition at Donetsk People’s Republic frontline areas, head of the DPR Mission to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) Ruslan Yakubov said on Tuesday.

“Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian army violated the ceasefire seven times expending a total of 159 rounds of ammunition,” Yakubov said.

Gorlovka suburbs including the Gagarin Colliery settlement and Zaitsevo, Dokuchayevsk, the Styla village outside the town and the Petrovskoye neighbourhood south of the DPR capital were shelled with 120mm mortars, infantry fighting vehicle cannons, grenade launchers and other types of weapons, he added.*jk