“Of course, Kyiv is trying to cause as much damage as possible, so our units are taking exhaustive measures, counter-battery guns are working,” TASS quoted him as saying on the Rossiya 24 TV channel.

Pushilin added that a large number of missiles fired, including from HIMARS and Alder, as well as drones, were intercepted over the territory of the DPR.

Earlier it became known about the wounding of a member of the precinct election commission in the village near Gorlovka as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian military.