Thursday results in the occupied territories of Donbass. The highlights

"Director of Voda Donbassa public utility company" Oleg Mokry: "Shelling in the area of the filter station started on February 23 at half past seven in the morning. The first impacts in the territory of the station were around the same time. The roof in a building with filters was broken through. The filters were not damaged".

Media: "Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the DPR organized an excursion on the advanced positions of defence line of the republic to celebrate the occasion".

Media: "Restoring of mobile communications of Lifecell Ukrainian operator may take several weeks in the DPR, if the line break is located outside the gray zone. This was stated by the Minister of Communications of the DPR Victor Yatsenko. "At the moment we examine where exactly the line was broken. If it is farther than "gray zone", the restoring may be delayed for weeks before we will be able to find workarounds", - Yatsenko said.

Media: "The Donetsk People's Republic is ready to fully replace Ukrainian traffic by the Russian traffic in case of blocking of users' access to the networks of mobile operators. This was stated by the Minister of Communications of the DPR Victor Yatsenko, commenting on the failure of Lifecell operator. "At the moment we are able to replace Ukrainian traffic by the Russian on a full scale with no losses of service quality", - the head of the Ministry of Communications said".

Media: "Mine named after Kirov of Makeevugol state enterprise is going to launch two new lavas in 2017".

Media: Post office of the Donbass state enterprise issued and introduced a block of eight stamps and envelopes, dedicated to the fallen heroes of the DPR on the occasion of the Defender's Day".

"LPR Federation of Trade Unions": "The central male and female workers' union of Brazil sent a letter to the Federation of Trade Unions of the LPR, expressing support and solidarity with the people of the Donbass".