Earlier on Sunday, the DPR military said the Ukrainian
armed forces on Saturday and Sunday launched 184 shells and mines on the
republic’s territory
DONETSK, August 21. /TASS/. A civilian in Donetsk was
injured in the night shelling from positions of the Ukrainian military, two
houses burned down, another two are damaged, head of the city’s Petrov district
Maxim Zhukovsky said on Sunday.
"In the evening (on Saturday), at 22:40, a sniper
injured a civilian, who was taken to hospital," the Donetsk News Agency
quoted the official.
He said, the sniper was watching windows and opened fire
as he could see somebody in the window. The official also said during the past
night the military damaged two houses as they used mortars.
A source at the republic’s defense authorities said
another two houses burned down in the Alexandrovka settlement, which is close
to the line of engagement. "The military used 120mm mortars, and by the
morning they added tanks to fire."
Earlier on Sunday, the DPR military said the Ukrainian
armed forces on Saturday and Sunday launched 184 shells and mines on the
republic’s territory.
Members of the Contact Group for the settlement of the
situation in the east of Ukraine at a meeting in Minsk on April 29 agreed on a
complete ceasefire in Donbass starting from midnight on April 30. It is an
eighth ceasefire agreement since the autumn of 2014. The sides however continue
accusing each other of ceasefire violations.
Kiev’s security forces in the people’s militia
responsibility zone have been repeatedly violating the truce, opening fire from
mortars and tank weapons, which had to be withdrawn in accordance with the
Minsk agreements.
The Package of Measures to fulfil the September 2014
Minsk agreements, known as Minsk-2, that was signed in Minsk on February 12,
2015, envisaged a ceasefire regime between Ukrainian government forces and
people’s militias in the self-proclaimed republics in Donetsk and Lugansk (DPR
and LPR) starting from February 15, 2015 and a subsequent withdrawal of heavy
weapons from the line of engagement. The deal also laid out a roadmap for a
lasting settlement in Ukraine, including local elections and constitutional
reform to give more autonomy to the war-torn eastern regions.
Source: ITAR-TASS 21-08-2016
