Intensive fighting continues in the vicinity of Snizhne, a town in Donetsk region, where a large contingent of Ukrainian troops remains encircled by local militia forces. One of the militia fighters wrote on his blog on Saturday that 10 members of the forces of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic were killed and 20 were injured during the clashes with the Ukrainian troops. The Ukrainian Army fired Grad rockets on Sunday evening into the southeastern city of Horlivka, a local militia representative told RIA Novosti.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankThe militia, going into the assault by the town of Snizhne in southeastern Ukraine.
The militia, going into the assault by the town of Snizhne in southeastern Ukraine.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankA militiaman injured during a skirmish near the town of Snizhne in southeastern Ukraine.
A militiaman injured during a skirmish near the town of Snizhne in southeastern Ukraine.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky / Go to the mediabankA BM-21 launch vehicle's missile launched by Ukrainian forces got stuck in the side of a road by the entrance of Donetsk city.
A BM-21 launch vehicle's missile launched by Ukrainian forces got stuck in the side of a road by the entrance of Donetsk city.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky / Go to the mediabankLocal citizens near a house damaged as result of a shelling of Horlivka town in the Donetsk area.
Local citizens near a house damaged as result of a shelling of Horlivka town in the Donetsk area.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky / Go to the mediabankA man sitting by a place of his relative's death in Horlivka town shelled by Ukrainian forces.
A man sitting by a place of his relative's death in Horlivka town shelled by Ukrainian forces.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky / Go to the mediabankA firefighter, extinguishing fire in a house damaged as result of a shelling of Horlivka town in the Donetsk area.
A firefighter, extinguishing fire in a house damaged as result of a shelling of Horlivka town in the Donetsk area.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky / Go to the mediabankA woman in her house damaged as result of a shelling of Horlivka town in the Donetsk area.
A woman in her house damaged as result of a shelling of Horlivka town in the Donetsk area.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky / Go to the mediabankA house in the suburbs of Donetsk city destroyed as result of a shelling by Ukrainian forces.
A house in the suburbs of Donetsk city destroyed as result of a shelling by Ukrainian forces.
© Sputnik / Mikhail Voskresensky / Go to the mediabankA man in a house damaged as result of a shelling of Horlivka town in the Donetsk area.
A man in a house damaged as result of a shelling of Horlivka town in the Donetsk area.
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Voskresensky / Go to the mediabankA woman near houses destroyed as result of a shelling of Horlivka town in the Donetsk area.
A woman near houses destroyed as result of a shelling of Horlivka town in the Donetsk area.