Donetsk, Jul 6 – DAN. Ukrainian forces violated the ceasefire almost 50 times over the past week, said DPR Operations Command deputy commander Eduard Basurin.

“The enemy violated the ceasefire 49 times over the past week firing two anti-tank missiles, 54 120mm and 82mm mortar rounds; six tank gun rounds, 164 rounds of infantry fighting vehicle gun and armored personnel carrier cannon,” he said. The enemy also used grenade launchers and small arms.

Ukrainian army units targeted 18 DPR townships.

The “Harvest Сeasefire” coordinated by the Contact Group in Minsk, came into effect in Donbass at midnight July 1. Nine hours into the silence regime, Kiev troops shelled Dokuchayevsk; a total of 57 rounds were fired on the first day of the silence regime. A DPR supply truck was destroyed, its driver was taken to hospital in critical condition.  *ot