The Ukrainian side opened mortar fire in the area of advance of the convoy heading from Yasinovataya to help the employees of the Donetsk filtration station.
This was stated by the press service of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC and during the negotiation process, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
To evacuate the employees of the Donetsk filtration station, at about 15:00, a column with representatives of the OSCE SMM, the DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations and station employees moved out from Yasinovataya.
“Despite the truce and agreed additional security guarantees for all persons involved in the evacuation process, at 14:50 the Ukrainian side opened fire in the Avdiivka-Yasinovataya direction using 82 mm mortars, heavy machine guns and small arms,” the report says.
The press service also noted that earlier the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC and in the negotiation process requested additional silence, but Ukrainian militants continue to shell the area.
At the same time, the Ukrainian side provided security guarantees only today at 12:40, despite the fact that the OSCE SMM requested them yesterday, April 17.