Ukraine: DPR's Basurin denies firing on Sahanka, accuses Kiev of lying

Deputy Defence Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR/DNR) Eduard Basurin spoke to the press in the village of Sahanka, Thursday, where he dismissed claims from Kiev that DPR forces were behind the shelling of the village on Wednesday that left one man wounded and many homes destroyed. Both sides of the conflict blame each other for the attack. Speaking alongside OSCE observers who are investigating the incident, Basurin said that Kiev's accusation is a "provocation from the Ukrainian side", adding that all DPR forces "withdrew from Shirokino", from where Kiev claimed the shelling was launched. Basurin stated that there was nobody in the village of Shirokino adding that "this village is currently uninhabited as the locals left Shirokino too. We informed the OSCE mission about this".