Tension is growing in Donbass: the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the militias accuse each other of provocations
Kyiv - Donetsk, March 07 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) - Ukrainian security forces say that the militias continue single provocative attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops with the aim of disrupting the Minsk agreements.
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From 20:00 on March 6 to 6:00 on March 7, the enemy violated the silence regime 14 times. During the night, in the Donetsk direction, gangs fired small arms at Opytny, Granitnoye, and Peski. In addition, mortar and grenade launcher attacks were carried out on Avdeevka 7 times. From 4 to 4.20 in the morning, militants fired artillery at Avdiivka,” stated the ATO headquarters.
In turn, the DPR stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine violated the ceasefire in the Donbass 25 times in one day: shelling was carried out in the area of the airport, the village of Spartak, and the settlement. Vesele, in Gorlovki. Militia positions were also fired upon near Novoazovsk in Shirokino.
“The security forces opened fire from all types of weapons: grenade launchers, tanks, small arms, heavy machine guns, artillery, mortars. There is no information about casualties or deaths,” the DPR said.
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