It is reported by the Donetsk news agency.

“From 06:30 to 07:49, shelling by the armed forces of Ukraine in the direction of the village of Sakhanka, the mine village of Gagarin, Dokuchaevsk, Volvo Center, Donetsk and the village of Spartak was recorded,” it was reported.

It is specified that the Ukrainian military fired 29 mines with 82 and 120 mm caliber in the settlements of the republic. Also, the Ukrainian army used shelling weapons of infantry fighting vehicles (BMP), grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms.

Earlier in the DPR, it was stated that servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the settlement of Aleksandrovka.

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

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