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Train departures have been suspended from Donetsk after the rail track at several stations was damaged as a result of fighting, Donetsk city administration said on its Web site.

“The city’s railway station is functioning, but all train departures
and arrivals have been suspended at Donetsk station after the rail track
and overhead wiring were damaged at Yasynuvata, Avdiyivka, Horlivka and
Mykytivka stations. The administration is taking measures to fix these
problems and resume train services as soon as possible,” the
administration said.

Donetsk again came under artillery fire last night, it said. The
city’s Leninsky and Kyivsky neighborhoods were seriously damaged by the
strikes. So far, there have been no reports on civilian deaths and
injuries.

The gas mains were damaged in the Kyivsky and Leninsly districts of
the city as a result of fighting. In a separate development, a shell hit
a high-voltage electricity transmission line in the city’s Kyivsky
district, leaving 54 residential buildings without power.

No fighting was reported near Donetsk as of 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 29. The
city’s utilities services and public transport are operating as usual.