“As a result of hostilities, nine civilians were killed and 69 injured, of which five were killed and eight civilians were injured as a result of the operation of explosive ordnance,” RIA Novosti quoted the representative of the DPR in the JCCC.
Earlier, the DNI announced shelling by the Ukrainian security forces of the village of Naberezhnye from 122-mm howitzers.
It was also reported about two dead during sniper shelling by the Armed Forces.
In November, the UN said that as a result of the armed conflict that began in eastern Ukraine in 2014, more than 3,330 civilians were killed in the Donbass, and up to 9,000 people were injured.