Kyiv, commenting on recent statements by the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, said that with arms forces of Ukraine shelled districts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
"The Ukrainian side strongly rejects these accusations and responsibly informs that the Ukrainian security forces did not commit any attacks of this city, like any other residential settlements within separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. Any use of weapons from the offices of the military power of Ukraine, if it occurs, is carried out as a necessary step in response to armed provocations by illegal Armed groups operating in separate areas, in the event of an immediate danger to the life of Ukrainian soldiers, " - said in the text of the statement on the Internet office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
"Considering the deliberate planting of false and frankly provocative information as purposeful action intended to disrupt the implementation of the Minsk agreements of September 2014 and February 2015," - said the Ukrainian international Ministry. Remember, in the evening on the first day of the weekend-the militia said about the powerful artillery fire, Ukrainian Military are on the Kiev district of Donetsk. The head of the National Council DND Andrey Purgin said in this regard, so that Military stress the anniversary of the attack on Slavyansk and the burning of people in Odessa House of trade unions. In DND stressed that during the shelling of Donetsk airport, the Ukrainian Military used artillery NATO caliber 155 mm. After the messages about new shelling of Donetsk on the first day weekend the head of Russian foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov tried to convince the OSCE to demand from Kiev to stop the fire. Later, the Deputy commander of the corps of the Ministry of defence DND Eduard Bacurin said that at night the militia could come to a consensus on stopping the fire in the airport area of Donetsk, After which the intensity of the shelling from the Ukrainian security forces has declined.

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