DONETSK, August 22. /TASS/. Ukrainian troops shelled populated areas of the Donetsk People's Republic 40 times in the past 24 hours, killing three people and wounding 13 civilians, the Department for documenting Ukraine’s war crimes of the administration of the head and government of the DPR.

"Forty armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded <...> over the past 24 hours. Information was received about the deaths of three civilians, including a teenager, and the wounding of another 13 civilians," the statement read.

According to the department, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 45 munitions. Two residential buildings, six civilian infrastructure facilities, special equipment and trucks, as well as cars and a passenger minibus, were damaged.