Donetsk, Jul 27 - DAN. Ukrainian forces shelled DPR territory 43 times over the past 24 hours, DPR Operations Command said.

“Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian forces violated the ceasefire 43 times using mortars, infantry fighting vehicle cannons, grenade launchers and small arms,” a DPR Operations Command representative said.

Sixteen frontline settlements in the Republic came under Ukrainian army units fire, he added. Two houses and a gas pipe in Dokuchayevsk had been damaged by Ukrainian army strikes.

No casualties were immediately reported.*jk