The battle is in the village of Sands under Donetsk

In the North-Western outskirts of Donetsk - the village of Sands is the battle between the militia and the Ukrainian security forces using automatic weapons and machine guns, according to a journalist Last news From the event.

Militias are trying to get the security forces To their positions. Both parties shall artillery support - Militia put artillery strikes on the positions of security forces in the Sands, the answer from the village Experienced.

first of authorized staff of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Eduard Bacurin acknowledged that at present no one of the parties does not control fully Sands, and other suburbs of Donetsk - Marinko and Avdiivka. The battles for these settlements continue.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against disgruntled happened last February by the coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict began more than 5 thousand civilians. In September, facilitated by the OSCE and Russia, the Ukrainian Authorities and the self-proclaimed Militia DND and LNR agreed in Minsk truce. Despite the fact that the Militia and the Ukrainian Military periodically accused one another in the violation, in General, the reviews and the parties to the conflict, and observers from the OSCE, the ceasefire was respected.

However, on January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, as has the number of victims of the conflict. The Ministry of defence of Ukraine said that the APU build up reserves in all areas where combat operations are being conducted. Militias from our side told me that " pushed the front line to defend shelling of residential areas of the cities of the Ukrainian security forces. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation believe that the recent events in the Donbass confirm the most serious concerns about the intention of Kiev by force to resolve the situation in the Donbass.


Kyiv Authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data, the victims of the conflict began more than five thousand civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured, about a million became refugees. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, and among them fired residential areas of Donetsk.


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