In the DPR, one civilian died per day, 12 were injured

The representative office of the DPR in the JCCC announced this on its Telegram channel. 

“Over the past 24 hours, information has been received about the death of a civilian - a woman in the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk,” the report says.

12 civilians received injuries of varying severity, including a girl born in 2014 and a teenager born in 2005.

Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would not defend Artyomovsk at any cost.

The Russian Investigative Committee is also investigating the shelling of Donetsk and the Belgorod region by Ukrainian troops.