Donetsk, Jun 29 – DAN. An Alexandrovka residential house caught fire on Monday evening as a result of Ukrainian shellfire, the DPR mission to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) said.

"As a result of shellfire a house at 10 Shevchenko street was set ablaze; an elderly man had to take refuge in its basement under continuous shelling. The fire was eventually extinguished by the locals."

The shelling began at 7.28 p.m. from the direction of Maryinka with grenade launchers and machine guns of large caliber.

No casualties have been reported as of 10 p.m. on Monday. *ot