Ukrainian Military 18 times violated the ceasefire regime in the Donbas over the past 3 days, said on the last working day of the week at a press conference, Deputy chief of staff of the people's militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk national Republic Igor Yashchenko.

"The situation in the area of responsibility of the people's militia remains difficult and complex. Over the past 3 days the area LNR 18 times came under shelling from the military power of Ukraine with the use of machine guns, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and small arms, " Yashchenko said.

according to his statement, the attacks took place mainly on the settlement Kalinovka." The lion's share of all attacks occurred in the territory of the residential settlement Kalinovka - 17 times in 18 " - drew the attention Yashchenko.

He added that information about the fire transferred to the joint center for coordination and control (SCCC) of the ceasefire. Yashchenko also said that the militia observe the Minsk consensus and not to succumb to provocations.

The Ukrainian authorities in April last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began almost 7, 9 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.

at the meeting of the contact group, which took place on 26 August in Minsk, the parties to the conflict agreed on the need to achieve a ceasefire in the Donbass from 1 September. The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's September 13, summed up in practice, full compliance with the ceasefire regime in the Donbas since the end of August this year.

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