Artillery duels and firefights between pro-Kiev forces and local militias continued in the region of Donbass in eastern Ukraine on January 24. Especially tense fightings were reported near the villages of Pesk, Svetlodarsk, Zaitsevo, Spartak and Yasinovataya.
The residential areas of the settlements of Stakhanov, Kalinowom Bryanka, Debaltsevo, Uglegorsk and Gorlovka were targeted by Ukranian mortar and artillery fire, according to local sources.
Both sides, Kiev and local militas, blame each other for violations of the ceasefire regime.