“The situation on the line of contact remains critical.
Ukrainian punishers continue massive shelling of civilian infrastructure and life support facilities in order to worsen the humanitarian situation,” the Telegram message says.
It is specified that as of 17:00, the Ukrainian military shelled the territory of the DPR 39 times, in total more than 600 shells, mines and grenades were fired.
Earlier, the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed DPR presented a plan for a possible offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donbass.
In addition, the DPR recorded the movement of tanks, self-propelled artillery mounts and howitzers of the Ukrainian military near the line of contact.