The fire
was opened on the Lozovoye settlement.
MOSCOW, March 12. /TASS/. Kiev’s military opened fire on
militia’s positions in the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR),
LuganskInformCenter said on Saturday referring to the republic’s defense
authority.
The fire was opened from IFV (infantry fighting vehicle)
equipment on the Lozovoye settlement. Besides, from a 82-mm mortar the military
opened fire on the Vesologorovka settlement, the militia said.
"No casualties," the militia said on Tuesday.
Headquarters of the punitive operation in Donbass, in
their turn, claimed the self-proclaimed republics in Donbass are responsible
for 75 cases of fire.
The military and militia of the self-proclaimed
republics in Ukraine’s south-east have agreed several times a ceasefire regime
in the conflict zone, but OSCE monitors are still fixing fire exchanges.
At the meeting of the Contact Group on January 13 the
sides supported the initiative of Russia’s envoy Boris Gryzlov on ensuring
complete ceasefire on the territory of Donbass. This was the seventh attempt to
observe fully the ceasefire regime in Ukraine’s war-torn south-east.
Ceasefire is envisaged by the Minsk accords signed on 12
February 2015, after negotiations in the so-called "Normandy format"
in the Belarusian capital Minsk, bringing together leaders of Russia, France,
Germany and Ukraine. The package of measures also envisages weaponry
withdrawal, prisoner exchange, local election in Donbass, constitutional reform
in Ukraine and establishing working sub-groups on security, political, economy
and humanitarian components of the Minsk accords.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al
Hussein, said in a comment on the 13th report on Ukraine, the document shows
that "the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine remains tenuous, with reported
violations of the ceasefire, the continued occurrences of indiscriminate
shelling and the presence of anti-personnel mines and remnants of war. Between
16 November 2015 and 15 February 2016, 78 conflict-related civilian casualties
were recorded in eastern Ukraine, bringing the estimated casualty figures since
the beginning of the conflict to more than 30,000 people, including at least
9,160 killed and 21,000 injured (figures include civilians as well as Ukrainian
armed forces, and members of armed groups).
"The implementation of the Minsk Agreements is the
only viable strategy for achieving a peaceful solution in certain areas of
eastern Ukraine controlled by armed groups, which, in turn, is key for
resolving the human rights crisis in Ukraine. This includes the restoration of
effective control by the Government of Ukraine over the border with the Russian
Federation and the withdrawal of foreign fighters, mercenaries and military
equipment," the commissioner said.
Source: ITAR-TASS 12-03-2016
