“At 18:05 a shelling was recorded from the armed forces of Ukraine (VFU) in the direction of Yasinovataya: 28 minutes were released with a caliber of 82 mm,” the Donetsk news agency quoted the message as saying.

Earlier, the DPR stated that the Ukrainian military daily “burns out” several houses in the city.

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.