Donetsk, Nov 3 – DAN. Three residential houses in Aleksandrovka village west of Donetsk were damaged in overnight shelling by Ukrainian forces, DPR Operations Command told the Donetsk News Agency on Thursday.

“Three residential houses in Gorky and Shevchenko Streets sustained damage in the night shelling by the Ukrainian army,” the military official said.

DPR Operations Command also recorded enemy sniper fire at the village.

“In the evening, several cases of Ukrainian sniper fire were recorded as sniper activity has continued for the past few days,” he added.

Earlier on Thursday, a DPR defence source told DAN that Ukrainian forces had fired 230 artillery, tank gun and mortar rounds at DPR territory since Wednesday evening. A house in DPR south sustained damage in the shelling.