Donetsk, Apr 17 - DAN. Ukrainian forces on Tuesday afternoon opened fire on a convoy carrying Donetsk Water Treatment Plant (DFS) personnel wounding five people, head of the DPR Mission to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination Ruslan Yakubov said.

“Today, at 3:40 p.m. Ukrainian forces opened fire at the convoy of cars carrying DFS shift workers. Aimed small arms fire was opened from the western side of the road accommodating a line of Ukrainian dug-outs; as a result five DFS personnel sustained wounds of various degree of severity.”

The wounded were taken to a Yasinovataya hospital. No more details were immediately available.*jk