Donetsk, Feb 7 - DAN. More than 500 houses and social infrastructure facilities have been damaged in Dokuchayevsk since the beginning of the Donbass conflict, deputy town administration head Ruslan Dolbachev told Donetsk News Agency on Wednesday.

"Four hundred and thirty-two houses, 73 apartment houses and 21 social infrastructure facilities have been damaged in Dokuchayevsk since the fighting broke out,” Dolbachev said.

A number of buildings were shelled repeatedly, he added. These statistics do not include the data for Yasnoye settlement outside the town.

Dokuchayevsk, located south of Donetsk, has a population of some 21,000. The town and its outskirts regularly come under Ukrainian forces fire. A high-rise apartment house and a car were damaged in the latest shelling on 5 February. *jk