Official: Kyiv grossly violated the ceasefire
Ukrainian units conducted heavy fire for 40 minutes at the positions of Donbass defenders and the surrounding areas of adjacent settlements.
This is stated in the emergency statement of the DPR People's Militia Department, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The Ukrainian occupiers have once again demonstrated their reluctance to peacefully resolve the conflict in Donbass.
Against the backdrop of statements by the military-political leadership of Ukraine about the preparation of various projects to stop the bloodshed, militants of the 54th Mechanized Brigade Maistrenko, grossly violating all agreements, opened heavy fire from 82-mm mortars, infantry fighting vehicle weapons, grenade launchers of various types, heavy machine guns and small arms at our positions defenders in the areas of the settlements of Yasinovataya, Mineralnoye, Kashtanovoe, Spartak.
In total, within forty minutes, the occupiers fired nine mines, 24 grenades of various types, and 110 shots from infantry fighting vehicles,” the department reported.
It is noted that Ukrainian militants corrected the mortar fire with a drone, which was shot down by our DPR defenders, after which the shelling stopped. Information about the destruction of civilian infrastructure and civilian casualties is being clarified.
“We call on Ukrainian militants to refuse to carry out the criminal orders of the command to conduct fire provocations against our Republic aimed at disrupting the truce, otherwise we reserve the right to respond adequately,” the DPR NM emphasized.
Earlier it was reported that Ukrainian militants released according to DPR positions almost a dozen shells.
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