Donetsk, Jan 17 - DAN. Ukrainian forces shelled the Krutaya Balka village with mortars damaging two civilian cars, head of the Donetsk People’s Republic office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination Ruslan Yakubov said on Thursday.

“Today, Ukrainian armed formations opened mortar fire at the Krutaya Balka village,” Yakubov said. “Two civilian VAZ cars parked near the Vasilyevka first level pumping station of the Yuzhnodonbasskiy water duct were damaged.”

Four 82mm mortar rounds were fired at the settlement. Ukrainian forces delivered aimed fire adjusted by an unmanned aerial vehicle, he added.*jk