On Sunday in the Donbass, the militants fired provocatively at the Gorlovka housing sector, accusing the Ukrainian Armed Forces of that and also firing on workers who were performing emergency repairs to repair the dams of the South Donbas water pipeline near Avdeyevka, the press center of the operation headquarters of the United forces.

"On September 23, the media controlled by the militants released information about the alleged shelling of the Gorlovka residential sector by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which 12 houses were damaged along the streets of Nansen and the Gunners," the message on the Facebook page of the headquarters said on Sunday evening, citing the Ukrainian side of the SCPCC.

In the information it is noted that according to the insurgents, the fire was allegedly carried out from the direction of the controlled Toretska (mine South) with a total expenditure of 135 munitions. Victims among the civilian population were not registered at the same time.

In turn, the Ukrainian military confirms the fact of shelling, however, on the part of militants.

"A corresponding provocative attack did take place, but was carried out from the area of ??the former concrete factory in Gorlovka from 120-mm mortar with the use of 4 ammunition," it was informed..

"This fact once again confirms the criminal intentions of the armed forces of the Russian Federation to compromise the Armed Forces of Ukraine, placing responsibility for them for violating the cease-fire regime, non-compliance with the Minsk agreements and damage to the civilian population," the SCPCC noted in the Ukrainian side.