The pensioner was injured in Avdeevka of Donetsk region as a result of the explosion, informs the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine in Donetsk region on Tuesday.

"Today, about fifteen. 30 (coincides with GMT) in the process of firing by the militants of the Town shrapnel wound received 69-year-old local citizen. The man received emergency medical care, his condition is satisfactory ", - informs the police.

according to the interior Ministry, an elderly man was injured in the limits of the household. At the moment when the projectile flew, he worked in the vegetable garden. The victim received a shrapnel wound to the knee.

the shelling was working investigative team Avdiivka city police Department.

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 began more than 6, 2 thousand people.

The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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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