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19 of May, 10:02

SCCC: the Situation in the area of Donetsk airport has intensified
The number of attacks in the district of Donetsk airport very quickly increased, the observed concentration of military equipment on the Ukrainian side, said joint Commissioner of Central monitoring and coordination of the ceasefire (SCCC).
"for the past 2 days very fast increase in the number of attacks in the region of Donetsk airport. Also noticed the concentration of military equipment on the Ukrainian side in the settlements Peski and Experienced, "said Commissioner SCCC, quoted by RIA" Novosti ".



He said that last night the airport came under fire from heavy weapons. Authorized the joint center 10 times fixed the time of the ceasefire." The evening was intensive shelling of the airport area, as well as among them tanks, self-propelled artillery, mortars with a caliber of 120 mm, anti-aircraft installations. For 10 days we once took to the parties to the ceasefire. Only in the morning the shelling ended, " he added in SCCC. On the morning of may 19, according to the envoy SCCC, in the district of Donetsk airport battles are not fought. First in the Ministry of defence DND stated that the settlement of October and the district of Donetsk airport from Ukrainian forces fired tank rounds. Since mid-April last year, the Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine "special operation" to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. The military actively used heavy machinery and military aircraft and helicopters. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand People. With fifteen February, the parties to the conflict in the Donbass declared a truce, under agreements concluded in Minsk after almost 16 hours of negotiations. However, despite the control system of the ceasefire, for the last time period shelling in Eastern Ukraine again became frequent.

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