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13 of May, 23:01

Local authorities: mortar fire began in the village of Donetsk Shanka
The village of Shanka in the Donetsk region at the moment is under attack, said the head of the village administration Alexander Pelipas.

"at the present time fifteen minutes accurately formed with small breaks in between, somewhere very close to the center," - quoted him as saying.

Pelipas also clarified that the fire is again from Mariupol, where Ukrainian military positions." On damage and received damage to find out in the morning when the shooting subsides, " said he.

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 contact group meeting 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.

the results of the last meeting of the contact group 6 may present turned out to form four working sub-groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict. It is envisaged that they will start work in mid-may.

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