Ukrainian Military reported the capture of the road to Debaltsevo
The commander of the Ukrainian battalion "Donbass" people's choice happy Horse semen Semenchenko said that the Ukrainian army has established oversight over the road from Artemovsk in Debaltsevo, where militias block a large group of Ukrainian law enforcers.
"Today, the fighting was with growing exasperation. We took under the supervision of the route Donetsk - Luhansk - Lozovo - debaltseve, now neither of which the boiler is not to be considered, " wrote Semenchenko. He said that the militia keep track Debaltsevo - Artemivsk in the village Logvinova, where they are the reference point.
Debaltsevo - a city of regional significance in the Donetsk region and one of the largest railway junctions of Ukraine. In the militia DND stated that they were surrounded in the area several thousand security forces, who were asked to stop shooting.
before the first day of the weekend power LNR and DND have already given away the forces militia orders on compliance with 01: 00 GMT Sunday of the ceasefire. Then Deputy commander of the headquarters of the militia of the self-proclaimed DND Eduard Baturin said that no negotiations with Kiev in respect of the output branches of the armed forces of Ukraine from the area Debaltsevo not conducted.
dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, took place against a background of a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, instigated by the Ukrainian law enforcers who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. According to the results of the meeting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a package of measures involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of a security zone.