On July 23, Russian occupation forces violated the ceasefire regime once in the JFO area. They opened aimed fire from hand-held anti-tank grenade launchers near Lebedynske settlement. This was reported by the JFO headquarters.
Fake news of the Russian media about the brutality of the Ukrainian military, who allegedly killed the captured militants of the "DNR", was denied by the wife of one of the militants. She wrote in a social network that the captured are in the Ukrainian remand prison in anticipation of the verdict.
The so-called "enforcement service of the DNR" can limit travel outside the occupied territory to debtors of communal services. This is reported by the fake "Ministry of Justice of the DNR". It is noted that a "court" decision is necessary to prohibit departure.
A member of an illegal armed formation of the "DNR", who was traveling from the occupied territory to Kyiv to meet her boyfriend, was detained near the Marinka checkpoint. This was reported by the police of Donetsk oblast. At the time of stopping the 34-year-old woman for the verification procedure, the law enforcement officers already had sufficient information about her involvement in the terrorist group.
A house caught fire in occupied Donetsk as a result of a ball lightning strike, the separatist media reported.
In Donetsk, from July 16 to July 23, 72 babies were born: 33 boys and 39 girls. This was reported by the city's occupation administration.
In Luhansk, from July 16 to July 22, 70 babies were born: 34 boys and 36 girls. This was reported by the city's occupation administration.
A miner was killed as a result of the collapse of the roof at the Dzerzhynskoho mine in the occupied territory of the Luhansk region. This is reported in the social network. According to the source, as a result of the roof collapse, Aleksandr Yasinsky, born in 1978, was killed. Another miner was injured and taken to the hospital.
In occupied Luhansk, unknown people wanted to undermine the Crimean, who was collecting money for the militants of the "militia of Donbass". The Crimean saw an explosive device under his car and called the police.