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Tensions remained in Donetsk in the small hours of July 17, the City Council press service said on Thursday, July 17.

There was gunfire and explosions in the Leninsky district and the airport area in the Kyivsky district.

The gunfire had subsided by 9.30 a.m., the city authorities said.

Public utility services are operating normally.

Some 114 streetcars, 161 trolleybuses, 81 buses and 713 mini-buses are available to passengers.