Ukrainian army and separatists blame each other for shelling

Ukrainian military accused pro-Russian separatists of breaking the truce announced on Sunday. The separatists also made similar accusations against the Ukrainian military.

At the same time, both sides reiterated their intention to abide by the agreements reached in Minsk on February 12.

“Analyzing the first 31 hours after the start of the truce, it can be stated: illegal armed groups do not adhere to the signed agreements; since the beginning of the silence regime, the enemy has used multiple launch rocket systems 56 times, tanks four times, artillery and mortars 88 times, the number of shellings in the Debaltsevo direction compared to other in days it even increased - terrorists struck XNUMX times in one day,” said Anatoly Stelmakh, a representative of the Ukrainian military’s special operation.

According to the representative of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” Eduard Basurin, the Ukrainian military violated the ceasefire 27 times.

The ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine entered into force on the night of February 15.

The office of French President Francois Hollande said that the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was “generally respected” despite “incidents of local significance.”