Shooting in the area of residential settlements Sands continued and worsened into the evening hours, said Deputy head of the OSCE special mission Alexander hug.

"in the Sands I was on the cutting edge in the Mat. On the reverse side saw DNR positions. Shooting in this direction continues, the most in the evening, " said hug.

in early summer, the Ukrainian Military began after the break shelling across the front line. Under their fire was several towns. Serious attacks and Marinka. The General staff of Ukraine recognized that the Ukrainian Military used against the militia near Donetsk heavy equipment, which had previously been allotted to the rear according to the Minsk agreements. The self-proclaimed authorities of Donetsk national Republic said that the actions of the Ukrainian security forces to disrupt the Minsk agreements. The Kremlin has expressed concern about the provocative actions of the military power of Ukraine in the Donbass.

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 were about 6, 5 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. Among one of the measures is the withdrawal from the separation line of heavy weapons.

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