Currently, the
situation near the line of contact is calm," a DPR operations command
spokesperson said.
DONETSK, July 1.
/TASS/. The Armed Forces of Ukraine ceased their shelling of the Donetsk
People’s Republic after the ceasefire took effect at midnight local time, the
operations command of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic said early
on Sunday.
"At midnight,
shelling from positions held by the Ukrainian troops was ceased. Currently, the
situation near the line of contact is calm," a DPR operations command
spokesperson told the Donetsk News Agency. "Another ceasefire has come
into force. We are watching the situation."
"The command of
the armed forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic supports the agreements,
reached during a Contact Group meeting in Minsk. We are ready to observe the
‘bread ceasefire.’ Strict observance of the truce was ordered to all units and
all commanders," the spokesperson added.
The Contact Group for
settling the crisis in Ukraine’s east declared another ceasefire at a meeting
in Minsk on June 27. The sides pledge to start implementing it amid the
beginning of the harvest season.
The command of the
Kiev government’s United Forces Operation in Donbass said the Ukrainian
military would observe its commitments.
"In line with
the Contact Group’s decision to announce a ceasefire along the 426-km contact
line for the two summer months starting from July 1, the United Forces announce
that its personnel will strictly observe this decision," the United Forces
Operation command said in a statement on its Facebook page.
Similar orders were
issued by the governments of the self-proclaimed people’s republics of Donetsk
and Lugansk.
Hours before the
ceasefire took effect, officials from the self-proclaimed People’s Republics of
Donetsk and Lugansk (DPR and LPR) said the shelling by the Kiev troops has
intensified.
Source: ITAR-TASS
01-07-2018
