The General staff of Ukraine on the last working day of the week refuted information about flights to Russia over Mariupol.

first Ukrainian media said on Thursday over towns near Mariupol was recorded reconnaissance aviation of Russia.

"There was information that looks like last night in the area of Mariupol were flying Russian planes, now ask the question, why they were not killed. I contacted the press officer sector " M ", they claim they did not fly the aircraft, and unmanned aerial devices, our anti-aircraft guns worked, but they were flying at a height such that the joint anti-aircraft lacked, " said the Commissioner of the General staff of the military might of Ukraine Vladislav Seleznev.


The Ukrainian authorities began in April in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the UN, the victims of the conflict were more than 4, 8 thousands of civilians. 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. Read more about the situation in the conflict area, see


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.


Declared a ceasefire, according to the statements of the parties to the conflict and observers, observed throughout the contact line, with the exception of Debaltsevo. This city, according to the examination results of the militia, in the so-called boiler was about three thousand Ukrainian security forces in Kiev denied environment. All the last days in the area Debaltsevo, one of the largest transport hubs in the Ukraine, there were clashes security forces and militia. Developments -

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