The Ukrainian Military stepped up the intensity of the shelling of settlements DND yesterday meetings of subgroups in Minsk in order to disrupt the peace process in the Donbass, told reporters Deputy commander of the headquarters of the militia DND Eduard Bacurin.

the meeting of the political sub-group of the contact group on Ukraine began Tuesday around 13. 00 GMT in Minsk " President-Hotel ". The main issues that will be discussed will be " the special status of Donbass and the holding of local elections ".

"Always before the preparation of the meeting in Minsk the intensity of the shelling from the Ukrainian security forces settlements DND increases. Ukraine is trying to show the world community that the situation in the Donbas unstable, trying to disrupt the peaceful settlement of the conflict, " - said Basurin.

first Deputy chief of staff of the people's militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk national Republic Igor Yashchenko said that the intensity of the shelling from the Ukrainian security forces in the last four days has decreased due to the fact that most commanders threw their units and moved to Kiev.

at first the authorities LNR stated that the overwhelming number of fighters of "Right sector" and "Aidar" battalion left their jobs in the region of the separation line in the Donbass. Authorized "Right sector" Andrey Sarasin also said that the soldiers of the movement returned to the operational base of the zone of the special operation in the Donbass.

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