Ukrainian troops shelled the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic 33 times over the past day, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported on the Telegram channel.
Over the past 24 hours, the mission reported 33 facts of firing from the side of the VFU. In the Donetsk direction, the enemy fired 13 shells from MLRS, artillery of 155 millimeters. 155 and 152 millimeters,” the statement said.
In total, Ukraine used 178 ammunition, the ministry said.
It is noted that the areas of nine settlements were under fire: Donetsk (Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts ), Golmovsky, Gorlovka , Verkhnetoretskoye, Yasinovataya , Kashtanovoye, Yakovlevka, Mineralnoe, Makeevka.
Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to introduce a ceasefire along the entire line of contact in Ukraine from 12:00 on January 6 to 24:00 on January 7. Volodymyr Zelensky rejected Russia’s proposal for a Christmas truce, calling it a “cover” to strengthen Russian positions on the front line.
