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DPR militia source reports civilian killed as Ukrainian forces shell Donbass

A source says the Ukrainian side launched a mortar shelling attack on a Dnbass village, killing one civilian

MOSCOW, June 27. /TASS/. One civilian was killed in Gorlovka as Kiev’s security forces shelled several populated localities in Ukraine’s south-eastern Donbass region overnight, a source in the security agencies of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) reported on Monday.

"At 23:07 pm, the Ukrainian side launched a mortar shelling attack on Gorlovka and its surroundings. A man dies of splinter wounds as a result of the shelling," the source told the Donetsk News Agency.

According to him, the Ukrainian forces shelled several more cities in DPR overnight.

"At 04:00 am, the Ukrainian side opened fire on DPR positions in the area of the industrial zone outside Yasinovataya from 122 mm caliber weapons. Also, Dokuchayevsk, the northern suburb of Donetsk, the Vasilyevka and Krutaya Balka settlements of the Yasinovataya district and the Sakhanka and Kominternovo settlements in the south of DPR came under fire. The Ukrainian forces used 28 mm and 120 mm caliber mortars.