Civilian wounded as Ukrainian army shells western Donetsk - JCCC

Donetsk, Oct 24 - DAN. A civilian was wounded in Alexandrovka neighbourhood in western Donetsk’s Petrovskiy district on Tuesday afternoon as Ukrainian forces shelled the area, DPR representative at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination Ruslan Yakubov said.

“At 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, Ukrainian army units opened fire with 82mm mortars at Trudovskiye and Alexandrovka neighbourhoods,” Yakubov said. “A 63-year-old civilian living in Lenin Street in Alexandrovka suffered a shrapnel wound to the arm.”

Earlier, a DPR law-enforcement source said Ukrainian forces delivered strikes at Donetsk’s western outskirts with 82mm and 120mm mortars on Tuesday afternoon.*jk