The withdrawal of weapons is not yet possible due to shelling, - ATO headquarters
Kyiv, February 24 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) – The militias do not comply with the ceasefire, during the night the ATO forces were fired upon 12 times, Ukrainian security officials say.
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“Throughout the night, the enemy did not stop shelling Ukrainian positions. The largest number of ceasefire violations were recorded in the Debaltseve direction. Here the enemy launched 20 artillery strikes on the village from 00:22 to 00:7. Popasnaya, 1 time in the village of Luhanske.
In the Donetsk direction, terrorists fired artillery and mortars at Opytnoye, Tonenkoye, and Avdeevka. In addition, in the area of the Tutovskaya mine, at about 21:00 in the evening, the enemy tried to storm our positions. In addition, there was a clash in the area of Shirokino in the Mariupol direction. In total, the militants fired at the positions of security forces 12 times,” said ATO spokesman Anatoly Stelmakh.
He stressed that as of now there is no talk about the withdrawal of heavy weapons.
“The first stage is a complete ceasefire for at least a day,” Stelmakh said.
English version :: Read in English: The withdrawal of weapons is currently impossible due to shelling, according to ATO headquarters.