Skirmishes between militias and security forces near the village of Sorokino in the South of Donetsk region continue, said Last news at the headquarters of the militia of Novoazovsk.

The village of Sorokino part of Volnovakha district, Donetsk region. It is located on the shore of the Azov sea between the cities of Mariupol (controlled by the security forces) and Novoazovsk (controlled by the self-proclaimed militia Donetsk national Republic). Autumn Village was under the control of militias DND, then it was considered neutral territory. In early February, was occupied by the Ukrainian battalion " Azov ".

"The continued shooting. Both sides used small arms and mortars, " he said at the headquarters of the militia.

at the same time in the Central district clinic of Novoazovsk Last news said that fresh victims for the last 2 days have been reported.

before the Commissioner at the headquarters of the security forces, press officer sector " M " Dmitry Chaly said that night and yesterday were fired on the positions of the security forces in Sorokino, but mainly in the neighbouring villages Lebedinskii and Cermaic.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The resolution of the Ukrainian fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, during meetings of the contact group in Minsk with the mediation of the Russian Federation and the OSCE. The next meeting of the contact group on 12 February ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of a security zone. Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed Shooting, parties blame each other in violation of the "silence mode" and reported that they only return fire. Kiev is considering an appeal to the UN and the EU on the introduction of Donbass peacekeepers.

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