The Ukrainian Military are still trying to break out of the encirclement in the region Debaltsevo, said Deputy commander of the corps of the Ministry of defence DND Eduard Bacurin.

The ceasefire in the Donbass entered into force with 00. 00 (01. 00 GMT) Sunday. On Sunday afternoon authorized the special operations of the Ukrainian security forces in the Donbass Andrei Lysenko said that the overall situation in the Donbass after the entry into force of the ceasefire goes to stabilize.

"Despite the steady silence in the area Debaltsevo, the situation there remains restless. The ceasefire in this direction came into force immediately, blocked the Ukrainian Military does not leave attempts to exit the environment ", -

Debaltsevo - a city of regional significance in the Donetsk region and one of the largest railway junctions of Ukraine. In the militia DND stated that they were surrounded in the area several thousand security forces, who were asked to stop shooting.

first, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the situation was under Debaltsevo has the capability to be applied for the collapse of the ceasefire.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, took place against a background of a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, instigated by the Ukrainian law enforcers who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. According to the results of the meeting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a package of measures involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of a security zone.

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