Donetsk, May 18 – DAN. One civilian has been killed, eight injured in the DPR as the result of Kiev’s shelling this week, DPR Operations Command deputy commander Eduard Basurin said on Friday.

"Ukrainian butchers used almost all the arms at their disposal banned under the Minsk Agreements firing on Gorlovka, including large caliber artillery. One civilian has been killed, eight civilians sustained injuries as the result of Kiev’s shelling."

Basurin said that two soldiers have also been killed this week; one of them was the commander of the Pyatnashka International Brigade Oleg Mamiev. One soldier has sustained injuries.

Ukrainian army units expended almost 900 rounds targeting DPR territory in the past 24 hours, violating the ceasefire 39 times. *ot*pp