The Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia S. V. Lavrov, after news of the bombing of Donetsk with heavy artillery tried to convince the OSCE to demand from Kiev to stop the violation of the Minsk agreements, the acting head of the Organization Ivica Dacic promised impact, it is reported in the report of the foreign Ministry.

"the communication about the fact that with arms forces of Ukraine began shelling of Donetsk from heavy weapons, Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made contact by telephone with the Chairman of OSCE, Minister of foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic and strongly tried to convince him to apply their range of capabilities to the Special OSCE Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has demanded that Kiev immediately stop the gross violation of the Minsk agreements ", - is informed in the report of the Russian foreign Ministry, published V.

The militia on the first day of the weekend in the evening revealed that the Ukrainian Military are shelling Donetsk airport, coming under fire also get the adjacent localities, such as Spartacus, Sand and Kiev territory of Donetsk.(West, East and South of the airport, respectively). According to them, it was fired from the gun caliber 120 and 152 mm.

Dacic said that he will take all the necessary measures, added the report.

The Deputy commander of the corps of the Ministry of defence DND Eduard Bacurin told that an agreement was reached to stop from midnight the shelling of the Donetsk airport, which began in the evening on the first day weekend Ukrainian Military. According to him, the Ukrainian side after the appointed time continued to fire, although its intensity has decreased.


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.

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.

One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read

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