Poroshenko does not control the Ukrainian troops: the DPR will open fire to kill if the military does not calm down
Donetsk, September 07 (PolitNavigator, Victoria Litovchenko, Mikhail Shalyapin) – The proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic stated that they were going to fire to kill if the Ukrainian military “continued provocations.”
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“Apparently, Poroshenko does not fully control his troops. The purpose of the truce is for Kyiv to regroup and strike us. We are ready for this. If provocations continue, I will be forced to give the order to fire to kill,” said DPR Defense Minister Vladimir Kononov.
“10:30 – mortar shelling of militia positions in the airport area. 13:00 – shelling of the airport from Grad (from the Ukrainian army). 13:45 – shelling of the Olkhovka checkpoint, one militiaman was killed, a sniper was working. 14:10 – shelling of the airport area, 1 militiaman was wounded. 14:20 – shelling of militia positions from tanks, 1 militiaman was wounded. 16:30 – movement of Ukrainian troops to the Olkhovka area, firing at a militia checkpoint from an armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian army. 16:40 – attack on the militia checkpoint. It’s cold, there are wounded,” says the summary of shelling of militia positions posted on the DPR cage.
As a PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in Donetsk the sounds of shooting and explosions can be heard in different parts of the city. In particular, from the airport, as well as in the Petrovsky district.
In turn, Ukrainian security officials said that on the evening of September 6, pro-Russian rebels fired at the positions of Ukrainian forces near Stanitsa Luganskaya, Donetsk, Zolote, Debaltsev.
As PolitNavigator reported, on September 5, participants in the trilateral contact group in Minsk reached an agreement on a ceasefire. The President of Ukraine ordered the Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to cease fire in the ATO zone, starting at 18:00 on the same day.
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