This morning at 11:10 a.m., the Ukrainian army opened fire with 120 mm mortars on the village of Sakhanka, in the south of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), damaging several houses and killing one civilian.

The shooting hit the residential area, particularly the USSR Constitution Street, where two neighbouring houses and a gas pipeline were damaged. One of the houses had all its windows blown by a shell that fell into the garden. In the house next door, a 59-year-old civilian named Vladimir Neplyouy was killed.

The central street was also affected, and a house was damaged near the village children’s garden, bringing the total to three damaged houses.

The shooting was conducted from Ukrainian army positions near Lebedinskoye.

The Joint Ceasefire Control and Coordination Centre (JCCC) has been sent to assess the situation, and provided photos of the affected areas. We will also go there to report on what happened.

See the photos of the JCCC (be careful one of the photos may shock):

As a reminder, these same houses had already been hit last year in June by shellings from the Ukrainian army, which then caused only injuries and material damage.

This time, the toll of this umpteenth war crime of the Ukrainian army is much higher, and underlines the importance of establishing urgently a new ceasefire.

Christelle Néant

Tags: civilians, destruction, DPR, shelling, ukrainian army, war crimes