“As a result of the Ukrainian aggression, three civilians were killed and four servicemen of the People’s Militia were injured,” the military department said in a statement.

Earlier, the DPR reported about the shelling of Spartak by the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the use of mortars with a caliber of 82 mm.

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov said at a meeting of the Federation Council that Kiev uses heavy weapons in the Donbass that are prohibited by the Minsk agreements.