The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) fired seven shells into the territory of Donetsk, according to the representative office of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) on May 13.

“00:05 — n.p. Orlovka – Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv districts): seven shells of 155 mm caliber were fired, ”the message says.“We can repel any attack” While it is raining in Donbass, Russian and Ukrainian troops are preparing for new battles

The day before, the mayor of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, said that a local resident was blown up by a mine of the “Petal” type in the Petrovsky district of the city.

In addition, it became known that about 70 schools in Donetsk were shelled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine up to five times in a row.

On the morning of May 12, Ukrainian militants also fired at the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk.

The Ukrainian army daily shells the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. Most often, Donetsk, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya (DPR) and a number of settlements of the LPR fall under fire.

The special operation to protect Donbass, the beginning of which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was made against the background of the aggravation of the situation in the region due to shelling by the Ukrainian military.

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