DONETSK, December 10. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces shelled the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) 18 times over the past 24 hours, wounding seven civilians in Donetsk, the DPR mission to the Joint Control and Coordination Center on issues related to Ukraine's war crimes (JCCC) reported.

"Over the past 24 hours, the mission has recorded 18 facts of Ukrainian shelling. Seven civilians were wounded in Donetsk’s Kirov and Petrovsky districts," the statement said.

The Ukrainian forces also shelled three DPR settlements: Gorlovka, Yasinovataya and Makeyevka. Some 48 rounds of different ammunition were fired. Two residential buildings in Donetsk’s Kuibyshevsky district were damaged, as well as a civilian infrastructure facility.