On Thursday, Ukrainian law enforcers opened fire on a suburb of Donetsk and damaged a gas pipeline in the village of Spartak, controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, a representative of the People’s Police of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic told journalists.
“AFU within 30 minutes they fired 120 mm mortars at the settlement of Spartak, releasing 21 minutes. As a result of the sneaky bombardment, the gas pipeline on Putilovskaya Roshcha Street caught fire. Emergency services of the republic were able to localize the fire only an hour later because of the ongoing shelling”, – said the representative of the agency.
The People’s Police added that the information on civilian casualties and damage to civil infrastructure was specified.