Statement of the Ukrainian security officials about the withdrawal of heavy weapons are not true, which confirms the shelling of Donetsk on July 18, said Tuesday the Deputy chief of staff of the militia samoprovozglashennost Donetsk national Republic Eduard Bacurin.

"The statements of the Ukrainian side about the discharge of their weapons is a lie. It argues sudden attack of Donetsk, where they found shrapnel from the shells of 152 mm calibre " - quoted Basurin.

first of authorized press center special operations Jozef Veskovic stated that the soldiers took weapons in the Donbas to the required distance in Accordance with the Minsk agreements.

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 were about 6, 5 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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