Trench combat of variable intensity continues on the several parts of the front, but fire intensity remains relatively low, a source in the Donetsk People’s Republic People’s Militia (DPR PM) informed a Rossa Primavera News Agency reporter on April 18th.
The situation is tense in the northern and south-western suburbs of Gorlovka, in Avdeevka industrial zone, in the area of the village of Spartak, and in the western suburbs of the Petrovksy district of Donetsk, as well as in the south of the Republic. There is no information on destructions and victims among the civilian population.
DPR PM intelligence informs on the reinforcements of the Ukrainian army on the Debaltsevo direction. A battalion of the soldiers from the 53rd independent mechanized brigade arrived in the area of the village of Novoluganskoye. There is also information on the redeployment of a battery of 82mm mortars and a battery of 120mm mortars.
According to recent information, on April 17th, the Ukrainian side violated ceasefire 32 times. The enemy opened fire on 16 towns and villages of DPR with tanks, mortars of various calibers, infantry fighting vehicles, various grenade launchers, and small arms.
Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency
