Current large-scale violation of the ceasefire regime in Ukraine leads to the fact that hopes for the implementation of the Minsk agreements is becoming less said the President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.

in the area of Marinci on Wednesday, fierce battles, the parties accused each other in the attacks. Ukrainian law enforcers told that due to the worsening situation in the area, the Military used against the militia near Donetsk heavy equipment, which had previously been allotted to the rear according to the Minsk agreements.

"But such escalation - first, the violation of the ceasefire, then, large-scale violation of the ceasefire, of course, that hope for the implementation of the Minsk plan is still becoming less and less, and concern more and more," Peskov said to reporters.

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