Ukrainian Military reported that the situation in the Donbass remains restless, and declare that the Militia fired from their positions across the separation line.
" The situation in the area of the antiterrorist operation remains restless. Across the separation line illegal with weapons of creating intensively shelled the position of the Ukrainian troops and conduct reconnaissance for pulling back the forces of the Ukrainian army, " he said on Thursday at a press conference official authorized special operations security forces Andrei Lysenko. He said the clashes in the district of Bakhmut track. According to him, the Military for the last 3 days have destroyed ten tanks militias.
in addition, According to Lysenko, the Military pulled numerous forces in the territory of Debaltsevo." There has been in a Situation when there is no one to surround the Ukrainian military, There have already been drawn as many supplies and troops, the terrorists have already leave certain positions and prepare to counterattack Ukrainian troops. For this reason, information anxiety about what looks like Debaltsevo have the opportunity to take " pot ", it is not true, as the front settled, the parts that were put forward from the terrorists were simply defeated, they suffered a lot of losses, " said Lysenko.
for its part, the main Department of MIA of Ukraine in Donetsk region on Thursday announced the death of three civilians, and among them a child, as a result of shelling Debaltsevo." in the end, the explosion ended the life of 16-year-old boy, his mother wounded. In your own home was fatally injured an elderly Woman 1929, P.. Another local resident, a 64-year-old pensioner, died near his home, " goroditsa in the message to the police. According to the police, were injured 68-year-old resident of the village Commune Artemovsky district, which is close to Debaltsevo. The girl was taken to the hospital Artemovsk.
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.
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