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DPR cities come under shelling by Ukrainian troops four times in one hour

Fourteen 155mm artillery shells were fired

DONETSK, March 12. /TASS/. Ukrainian troops delivered four artillery strikes on Donetsk and Yasinovataya during the day, according to the mission of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) to the Joint Control and Coordination Center (JCCC) for issues related to Ukraine’s war crimes.

It wrote on its Telegram channel that Ukrainian troops staged three shelling attacks on Donetsk and one - on Yasinovataya from 19:40 to 20:40 Moscow time. Fourteen 155mm artillery shells were fired.

Donetsk’s Mayor Alexey Kulemzin said earlier in the day that a woman was wounded in the city as a result of shelling.

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