The Ukrainian side for a day 16 times violated the ceasefire, told in the Ministry of defence self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic. "at daylight we documented 16 cases of ceasefire violations," - said in the Ministry of defense of the Donetsk news Agency. according to the defense Department, under heavy fire of the Ukrainian security forces were Settlements Spartacus, Gabishevo, Fun, Gorlovka and Novomaryevka. Settlements of the Republic was subjected to mortar attacks, artillery, tank. In addition, the Ukrainian side has also made use of the AGS, small arms, grenade launchers and anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM). in the war Ministry also stressed that on Thursday, the Ukrainian Military has been actively using heavy armament, caliber 122 mm, which according to the Minsk agreements required to be withdrawn from the contact line. first in the Ministry of defence DND stated that one soldier of the militia died Thursday as a result of shelling by Ukrainian security forces settlements Spartacus (North suburb of Donetsk). The staff of the special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE has documented the attacks from the Ukrainian military in the Donbass. The press center of military operations in the Donbass on Thursday declared that the militia has opened 17 times the fire on positions of Ukrainian military. 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.