The Ukrainian Military on Tuesday morning attempted breakthrough of the positions of the departments the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic (DND) in the area of Debaltsevo, said the Mayor of the city Alexey Granovsky.
"Dawn was a violation from the APU, about an hour tried to go on break. I now passed data security officers, the exact Details at the present time we find out ", ? reports "Donetsk news Agency" the message of the mayor of Debaltsevo.
according to him, the Ukrainian Military used " heavy and small arms ". Granovsky has specified that data on civilian casualties and the destruction of the housing stock until not received. On Tuesday the official authorized Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that the Europeans had become more arbitrators for the execution of Kiev and the Donbas the Minsk agreements, and not only allies of Ukraine. Since mid-April last year, the Kiev authorities carried out in the East of Ukraine military operation to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the UN at the end of August, victims of the conflict in the East of Ukraine more than 8 thousand People, at least 17, 6 thousand has Been damaged health, 1, 5 million people became internally displaced. From 1 September in the Donbass entered into force another truce, both parties and observers state that it is observed. At the end of September was signed the agreement about the withdrawal in the Donbass weapons of a caliber of less than 100 millimeters and tanks from the frontline. This process occurs in stages. At the beginning of October in Paris hosted a meeting of leaders "Norman Quartet" ? Russia, France, Ukraine and German Chancellor Vladimir Putin, Francois Hollande, Petro Poroshenko and Angela Merkel to resolve the situation in Ukraine. They agreed about the fact that the implementation of the Minsk agreements it is possible to extend to 2016.

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