Donetsk, Dec 20 - DAN. Ukrainian army units shelled the Krutaya Balka settlement area outside Yasinovataya on Friday, the Donetsk People’s Republic Office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination reported.

“A strike by Ukrainian armed formations in Avdeyevka towards Krutaya Balka was recorded,” the report said. “Seven recoilless gun rounds, 69 grenade launcher rounds and 30 BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle cannon rounds were fired; the enemy also used large calibre machine guns and small arms.”

On top of that, Kiev forces fired six 82mm mortar rounds at the Ozeryanovka village area on the Gorlovka axis at around 16:30 on Friday.

Over the past week, Ukrainian forces fired nearly 500 rounds of ammunition at DPR areas in 46 ceasefire violations. A DPR militiaman was killed in shelling, reports from Donetsk said earlier on Friday.*jk