At least 13 populated
localities came under fire by Ukrainian forces in the past seven days.
LUGANSK, October 12.
/TASS/. Ukrainian forces have fired 730 shells into the territory of the
self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) over the past week, acting
chief of the LPR people's militia Mikhail Filiponenko said on Friday.
"In the past
week, the Ukrainian forces have violated the ceasefire 39 times. More than 730
mortars and shells were fired into the republic," he was quoted by the
LuganskInformCenter news agency as saying.
According to
Filiponenko, at least 13 populated localities came under shelling by the
Ukrainian military. "I want to underline that each case of shelling is
documented and all the materials proving the Ukrainian authorities’ war crimes
against Donbass people are handed over to the LPR investigative bodies for
criminal inquiries to be opened. Each criminal will be held accountable,"
he added.
After a regular Minsk
meeting of the Contact Group seeking peace in eastern Ukraine, another
ceasefire named the ‘back-to-school ceasefire’ came into force at midnight on
August 29. Nevertheless, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR)
reported that the Ukrainian military breached the agreement by shelling the
outskirts of Gorlovka three hours after the ceasefire had become effective.
Since the outbreak of hostilities in Donbass, the sides have reached more than
20 ceasefire agreements. The most successful of them was in 2016 when a lull
lasted for six weeks.
Source: ITAR-TASS 13-10-2018
