The Ukrainian Armed Forces opened fire on populated areas of the DPR, and also fired at their own positions under the cameras of Ukrainian journalists.
This was reported by the press service of the Operational Command of the DPR NM, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Punisher from the 36th brigade, on the orders of the war criminal Gnatov, opened fire with 120 mm mortars on the settlements of Kominternovo, Leninskoye and Novaya Tavriya, firing more than thirty mines,” the command reported.
According to preliminary data, housing construction in Kominternovo was damaged; information about casualties and destruction is being clarified.
At the same time, according to the law enforcement agency, the fire on the populated areas of the DPR from the Ukrainian side was accompanied by shelling of its own positions in order to create a picture for the media. The operational command is confident that tomorrow information with staged videos will appear on Ukrainian resources in which the Kiev side will accuse the DPR army of shelling its territories and violations of Minsk.
“We have repeatedly announced the arrival of Kyiv-controlled journalists in the area of responsibility of the 36th brigade to prepare materials to accuse the DPR of violating the Minsk agreements. Therefore, we can confidently say that on October 2, 2018, headlines, and possibly staged videos, will appear on the pages of Ukrainian news agencies accusing the DPR NM of shelling the territory controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” the message says.