============== Today, 8th January 2021, water repair crews were forced to halt, due to weapons fired in their close vicinity. After receiving a Window of Silence (WoS) agreed by both sides of the conflict, yesterday, repair brigades from Voda Donbasa water company (VD) started their assessment of the damaged pipe supplying clean water to Toretsk city from Horlivka. One team from the Non-Government Controlled Area (NGCA) side had completed small repairs, however a second team, which was accompanied at the time by a heavy repair vehicle, approaching today from the Government Controlled Area (GCA) side, was stopped by small arms fire and perceived shooting of a grenade launcher, very close to the team. The incident happened close to Chigari (Leninske) village, close to Toretsk city. The workers stopped immediately and, after contacting the authorities, received additional assurances of their safety. Workers were able to continue their assessment, together with the de-mining brigade, however the heavy machinery was not permitted to progress. Unfortunately, due to the short winter daylight hours, combined with delays due to the shooting incident, the time was not sufficient for the team to complete repairs of the pipeline today.