Monday results in the occupied territories of Donbass. The highlights

In the area of the Joint Forces Operation on April 8, the enemy fired at the positions of our troops eight times, including four times - with the use of weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements. This was reported by the JFO press center. Armed formations of the Russian Federation fired at the Joint Forces' positions from anti-tank missile systems, grenade launchers of various systems, large-caliber machine guns and small arms. During the shelling, one soldier of the Joint Forces died, two were injured.

A resident of the occupied part of Donetsk oblast was "convicted" to 12 years in prison allegedly for "spying for foreign intelligence". This was said in the message of the "Prosecutor General's Office of the DNR". A certain "supreme court" sent the CADO resident to a high-security prison for allegedly "carrying out a visual observation of the place of residence of one of the servicemen of the command staff of the DNR army and photographing the territory adjacent to the housing". The "prosecutor's office" stated that the "convict" handed results of the observation over to the SBU officer since September 2017.

A 14-year-old teenager died in occupied Vakhrusheve as a result of an electric shock, having climbed a power line. This is said in the report of the so-called "Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LNR".

Militants damaged (by shelling) overhead power line VL-6kV substation Zolote-2, TP-425 in the village of Katerynivka of the Lugansk oblast. This was reported by the press service of the Luhansk Energy Association. Six transformer substations were de-energized and 303 residents of Katerynivka were left without electricity as a result of the shelling. Repair and restoration work will begin in the presence of the OSCE patrol immediately after receiving security guarantees from the opposite party. So far, the power engineers have not received them, so they cannot find out the extent of the damage caused and proceed to the restoration of the lines due to the threat to life.

66 babies were born in Donetsk from April 1 to 8: 28 boys and 38 girls. This was reported by the city occupation administration.

54 babies were born in Luhansk from April 1 to 7: 24 boys and 30 girls. This was reported by the city occupation administration.