Press center of military operations said that the militia is More than twenty times fired at positions of the Ukrainian military in the Donbass.

first Deputy commander of the headquarters of the militia DND Eduard Baturin said that the intensity of the attacks from the security forces has increased, during the day, documented 50 violations of the truce.

"in General (from midnight to 18 hours yesterday environment) gangs played 24 shelling of the positions of our troops along the demarcation line, mostly from small arms ", - is informed in the report of the security forces.

according to the press centre, the largest number of cases of violations of the "silence" is documented in the Donetsk region, only the area of Sand five times the militia fired on the positions of the military from mortars. According to the Ukrainian military in the area of Shirokino militia twice used mortars and fired from tanks and self-propelled artillery.

Mortar fire, according to the Military, were equally in the direction of the reference point in the area Experienced three times opened fire on the positions near the Town, and among them, one with anti-aircraft guns. According to the press center, the fire from automatic grenade launchers and small arms were exposed position close to the Maori.

As they say in the Military, in the Luhansk region close to residential settlements of Donetsk was also a clash.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict were about 6 thousand people.

The next meeting of the contact group on February 12 ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone. Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of the "silence" and report that conduct only return fire.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

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