“Over the past day, from 00:00 on February 18 to 00:00 on February 19, a child was wounded as a result of shelling by Ukrainian armed forces on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the headquarters said in a Telegram statement.

Earlier, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the DPR 12 times in a day.

Also, the acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, announced an improvement in the positions of the Russian military in the Artyomovsk region.