"The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) continue to conduct provocative attacks on the positions of the defenders of the republic ... fired on the positions of our defenders in the area of ​​the village of Sokolniki with a heavy machine gun," the Luganskinformcentr reports.

It is noted that as a result of the shelling one soldier of the People’s Militia was injured, at the moment he has been provided with qualified medical assistance.

Earlier, the People’s Militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic was informed that the DPR militia destroyed the APU drone.