The security service of Ukraine said that found and arrested involved in the shelling of the suburbs of Mariupol, according to a dispatch office.

A press-the officer of sector " M " (around Mariupol) zone special operations Jaroslav Chepurny on Sunday evening said that the villages by lebedinskoye and Sartana near Mariupol and Shirokino are being shot at. Chepurny blamed the attacks on the self-proclaimed militia Donetsk national Republic, which, however, have challenged its attachment to fire. The Prosecutor's office of Donetsk region has described the shelling of the suburbs of Mariupol as a terrorist act.

"The security service of Ukraine has established the persons related to the shelling of civilians in the village of Sartana of Illichivsk district of Mariupol on the night of 16 August. Specifically directed attacks the fighter with a call sign " Garik ". Corrected fire of Mariupol on peaceful dwellings of their neighbors citizen Sartana - worker fire and rescue unit of GU gschs of Ukraine in Donetsk region. He provided data on the purposes of the shelling of Mariupol, where he arrived yesterday, " - said in the report.

The SBU said that the detention of the suspect took place yesterday. Continue operational-investigative actions.

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