People’s militia of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic has recorded an exchange of fire between Ukrainian security forces and representatives of nationalist units near the settlement of Zolotoe in Donbass, said at a briefing officer of the press service of the defense ministry of the People’s Republic of China Ivan Filiponenko.
Earlier on Saturday, the press service of the National Police of Ukraine said that two residential buildings in Lugansk region of Ukraine were damaged as a result of the shooting by militiamen of Kiev-controlled Golden 4.
“We continue to record the confrontation between the AFU and the nationalist forces in the Joint Force (JFOR) area of operation. Thus, December 21, there was recorded shooting between members of the 72nd Brigade and nationalists in the area of Zolotoe settlement with 82 mm mortars, grenade launchers and small arms”, – said Filiponenko.
According to him, two houses were damaged as a result of the shootout in Zolotoye 4 settlement.
“This information is also confirmed by the observers of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission”, – added an officer of the press service of the People’s Police of China.