Ukrainian Shelling Leaves Over 200 Injured in Donetsk Republic in 2016

The continuing shelling from the Ukrainian side has left 236 people wounded in the Donetsk People’s Republic since the beginning of 2016, an official said.

DONETSK (Sputnik) — More than 200 people have been wounded in hostilities on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) since the beginning of the year, the DPR ombudsman's spokesperson said on Friday.

"Since January 1 through August 18 a total of 236 people, these are 91 servicemen and 145 civilians, including 15 children, sustained injuries of various severity under continuing shelling from the Ukrainian side," the ombudsman's spokesperson told journalists.

He added that the death toll reached 4,174 people, including 73 minors, since the beginning of the conflict.

Kiev has been conducting a military operation against Donbass independence supporters since spring 2014, when they refused to recognize the new coup-imposed Ukrainian government and declared sovereignty.

The Minsk deal on Ukraine's reconciliation was struck in February 2015 by Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France and later signed by Kiev and the Donbass self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. Both warring parties have repeatedly accused each other of violating the truce despite agreeing to the ceasefire deal.