The Ukrainian military used mortars, armored
vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles, grenade launchers and small arms, the
command said.
DONETSK,
September 16. /TASS/. The Ukrainian military over past 24 hours 27 times
violated ceasefire as they shelled 12 settlements in the self-proclaimed
Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the republic’s command said on Saturday.
"Over
past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces 27 times violated ceasefire,"
the Donetsk News Agency quoted the command.
The
Ukrainian military used mortars, armored vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles,
grenade launchers and small arms, the command said.
"At
about 10 at night on September 15, a civilian, born in 1953, got an eye injury
from a shell, fired from positions of the Ukrainian military on the Trudovskiye
settlement," the regional administration said.
Since the
fall of 2014, participants in the Contact Group on East Ukrainian settlement
have announced about a dozen of ceasefire deals. On June 24, the so-called
"harvest ceasefire" came into effect - it was expected to hold until
the end of August. However, shelling incidents continued to happen.
On August
23, the Contact Group members declared a "back-to-school" ceasefire
in Donbass starting from August 25. However, on that very day, defense
authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk Republics reported that
their territories had come under shelling from positions of the Ukrainian
troops. Kiev, in turn, has been accusing the republics of violating the
ceasefire.
Source: ITAR-TASS 16-09-2017
