Militia DND on the first day of the weekend launched an offensive in Mariupol, said the head of the self-proclaimed Republic of Alexander Zakharchenko.

" Today began an offensive in Mariupol. This will be the best monument to all our fallen, " said Zakharchenko in the process of laying wreaths at the place of fire stops in Donetsk, where he died 8 people, and 17 were injured.

on the first day of the weekend, the Ukrainian Military announced the firing of Mariupol, accusing him of being a militia. The press service of the police of the region emphasized that the city was under bombardment from artillery weapons.

The self-proclaimed militia Donetsk national Republic challenged data security forces about the shelling of Mariupol artillery DND, saying that the forces of the militia in the district of Mariupol no artillery systems, which could fire at this area. According to the messenger of the headquarters of the militia DND, the firing was from the area of Old Crimea, where the Ukrainian Military, and It has the ability to be a provocation.

the number of deaths by gunfire reached 20, said the head of Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine in Donetsk oblast Vyacheslav Abroskin.


Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data, the victims of the conflict were 4, 8 thousands of civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, and among them fired residential areas of Donetsk.

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