Kyiv, DPR trade truce breach accusations in Donbas

DONETSK/KYIV. March 1 (Interfax) - The Ukrainian armed forces have committed five truce violations in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in the past 24 hours, a DPR operational command spokesman told reporters on Thursday.

"The Ukrainian armed forces shelled districts of four populated localities of the republic, using 120mm and 82mm mortars, different types of grenade launchers and small arms against them," the spokesman said.

For its part, the press center of the headquarters of Kyiv's military operation in the southeast of Ukraine also reported five shelling attacks by militia forces on Ukrainian positions in Donbas.

"No Ukrainian soldiers were killed or wounded," the press center said on its Facebook page.