UPDATES: Russian Forces Not Posing Threat to Freedom of Navigation, Set up Humanitarian Corridor

DONETSK (Sputnik) - Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk, firing twenty 122-millimeter projectiles, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire regime (JCCC) said.

The center said in its its Telegram channel that the shelling attack was carried out late Tuesday from the village of Avdiivka.

The mission did not specify which areas of Donetsk came under fire

"We have serious concerns regarding the measures being taken by Kiev to physically eliminate undesirable public opinion leaders," Nebenzia told a UN Security Council session on Ukraine.

Nebenzia listed a number of figures, including scientists, journalists, historians and others, who have allegedly been targeted by the Ukrainian authorities and said Russia awaits a fair assessment of this witch hunt by Western colleagues and human rights organizations.

"With respect to the Ukraine, Germany, I think, is the second largest supplier of weapons," German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said at the Atlantic Council.

The minister also stated that Germany will always remain a peaceful nation, rejecting the notion of militarization and stressing Berlin's commitment to working together with the European Union and NATO.

"You've all been tracking a Marine Corps exercise Cold Response up in Norway. I can tell you that a command-and-control unit from marine air control group 28, which is based at Cherry Point has now been repositioned to Lithuania. That's about 200 people. So, they finished the exercise. They're in Lithuania now and about 10 Marine Corps F-18 Hornets from Beaufort, South Carolina and a couple of Marine Corps C-130s are now going to be repositioned to Eastern Europe," Kirby said during a press briefing.