Ukrainian Military told about the reduction firing of the confrontation on the line of contact in Donbas From midnight until Sunday evening.

"The 16th of August, in the area of the ATO, fire opposition on the separation line has slightly decreased. From midnight to 18 hours illegal equipped weapon creation, trying to pull you in fighting our military, in the majority, used small arms ", - informs the press center of special operations on his page century

However, the Military reported that during the day there were cases of the use of the militia artillery Minsk agreements prohibited caliber. For example, the press center had been in charge of the militias that near Donetsk they from 122-mm and 152-mm artillery fired on the positions of security officers in Avdiivka, towns Taramchuk and Ceramics. Also, the Military accused the militias in the bombardment of infantry fighting vehicles and heavy machine guns at the stronghold forces special operations Experienced.

"during the day, 120-millimeter mortars, the Bandits had used on the Sands, Krasnogorovka, Verhnestaritskogo. 2. 30 opponent from 122-mm artillery fired at civilian houses in the village Novokalinovo ", - is informed in the report.

according to the press center, in the direction of Lugansk militias concentrated fire activity in the area of Stanytsia Luhanska, where the positions of security forces five times was fired from grenade launchers and one 120-millimeter mortars. On Artemovsk direction, according to the press center, the militia twice fired 122-millimeter artillery on the village zaytsevo. The military Also state that close to Mariupol militia mortars 120-mm caliber fired on the positions of military power of Ukraine in Ninotsminda and Starognatovk.

Also the press center informs that the Military opened fire only in response, out of weapons, the caliber of which does not exceed 100 millimetres.

However, on Sunday, Deputy commander of the headquarters of the militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Eduard Basurin said that with arms forces of Ukraine continue to pull the equipment along the line of contact. According to him, four civilians were killed, seven were injured body as a result of shelling by Ukrainian security forces cities DNR, Also died one military.

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, 8 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass discussed during the meeting in Minsk of the contact group, which Since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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