SCCC: the Military tried to break through the positions of militia near Donetsk
The Ukrainian Military attempted breakthrough of the positions of the militia forces in the Northern suburbs of the city of Donetsk, said Last news Commissioner of the Joint center for control and coordination (SCCC) of the ceasefire regime in the Donbas.
before the city hall of Donetsk said that morning were heard the sounds of gunfire, the night was hard.
"Today (Thursday) we recorded a breakthrough attempt by Ukrainian forces with infantry in the area of human settlements Sands and Gaburici. The attempt was organized with the use of infantry, was also an artillery bombardment, but so far we managed to decrease its intensity, " said head of the Department.
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 began more than 6 thousand people. The problem of settlement of the Ukrainian fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, at the meetings of the contact group in Minsk with the mediation of Russia and the OSCE.
The next meeting of the contact group on February 12 ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone. Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of the "silence" and report that conduct only return fire.