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3 of May, 17:31

The military is not fired at Donetsk on the first day of the weekend, informs the Ministry of defense of Ukraine
The Ukrainian Military was not fired from artillery at Donetsk on may 2, say in the Ministry of defence of the country on Sunday.

The message of the Ukrainian defence Ministry has made in connection with the emergence of information about a telephone conversation between Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov with the OSCE Chairman, Minister of foreign Affairs of Serbia Ivica Dacic.

As before stated, 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 agreement, Dacic promised to have an impact.

"Implementation of Ukraine's Armed forces shelling the city of Donetsk with the use of heavy weapons is confirmed by the defense Ministry and the General staff military power of Ukraine ", - is informed in the report.

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 hit 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 guns of calibre of 120 and 152 mm.

in mid-February in Eastern Ukraine, the truce was declared, however, soon resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of the "silence" and report that conduct only return fire. Shooting is conducted mostly at the port of Mariupol in southern Donetsk oblast and the destroyed Donetsk airport.


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.

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 the full text of the Minsk agreements "

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