“As a result of another shelling by the armed forces of Ukraine at 15:15 with the use of 82-mm mortars, a direct hit was recorded at 37 Akhmatova Street in Kominternovo. As a result, the house was completely burned out, ”the Donetsk News Agency quotes the message.

Also in the DPR reported that “the Ukrainian security forces fired at the village of Zaitsevo in northern Gorlovka at 15:20.” It is noted that as a result of the "shelling, damage to the roof of the house was recorded along Poletaeva Street, 140".

In addition, "as a result of a direct hit, the house on 14 Chernyakhovsky Street in Kominternovo was completely burned down."

On July 17, members of the Donbass contact group agreed on a new indefinite truce, which began on the 21st.

Ukrainian political analyst Vadim Karasev, director of the Institute for Global Strategies, in an interview with the NSN, assessed the likelihood of progress in the Minsk process from Kiev.