Poltorak: militia come across the line fighting in the Donbass
The head of the defense Ministry of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak said that in the past day the militia forces attacked along the entire line of fighting in the Donbass.
"in General over the past day on the entire line of warfare there is a serious complication of the situation: starting from the Lugansk region and to Mariupol - everywhere illegal security forces units go on the offensive," said Poltorak on meeting the operational staff in connection With the fire of Mariupol.
on the first day of the weekend, the Ukrainian Military announced the firing of Mariupol, accusing him of being a militia. The press service of the police of the region emphasized that the city was under bombardment from artillery weapons.
The self-proclaimed militia Donetsk national Republic challenged data security forces about the shelling of Mariupol artillery DND, saying that the forces of the militia in the district of Mariupol no artillery systems, which could fire at this area. According to the messenger of the headquarters of the militia DND, the firing was from the area of Old Crimea, where the Ukrainian Military, and it has the ability to be a provocation.
Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data, the victims of the conflict were 4, 8 thousands of civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, and among them fired residential areas of Donetsk.