The ceasefire regime entered into force at 12am Kiev
time on Saturday.
LUGANSK, December 24. /TASS/. Commanders of the people's
militia of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) have not
registered any violations of the ceasefire regime that entered into force in
Donbass, Andrey Marochko, spokesman for LPR people's militia, said on Saturday.
"People's militia strictly observe the ceasefire
regime announced since 12am on Saturday along the whole contact line. The
defense ministry of the republic once again confirms adherence to the letter of
the Minsk Agreements, as well as aspirations to observe the ceasefire regime in
the future," Lugansk Inform Center quoted Marochko as saying.
"No shellings by Ukrainian Armed Forces were
registered as well," he added.
On December 21, participants in the Contact Group on
settlement of the situation in east Ukraine reached an agreement on
establishing the ceasefire regime in Donbass as the New Year and Christmas
holidays are approaching.
OSCE Special Envoy Martin Sajdik said after the meeting
in Minsk that all participants in the Contact Group confirmed their readiness
to observe comprehensive and stable ceasefire regime starting from 12am on
December 24 Kiev time.
Today's attempt to ensure the ceasefire regime
"indefinitely" will become the ninth since the start of the conflict
in Ukraine.
Source: ITAR-TASS 24-12-2016
