Moscow Three non-military people happen to eliminated by shelling by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine’s separatist oriental areas, the Ukrainian military said on Saturday, making use of a week or so of a given most lethal wrestling in with a week.
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“With support from all free nations of the world we have enough strength to overcome it. The bits of Donbas (eastern Ukraine region), the entire Crimea, will be back, in Ukraine“.
More than 6,500 people have died in the war.
Thomson ReutersLocal residents remove debris inside a damaged building, which according to locals was caused by recent shelling, in AvdiivkaDONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists accused each other on Sunday of shelling residential districts of separatist-held Donetsk overnight, the first attack on central parts of the city since a February ceasefire agreement.
In February, the peace deal reached in Minsk with mediation from France and Germany called for the withdrawal of heavy arms of more than 100mm caliber from the front line.
Kyiv forces have not received orders to pull their own guns back, in response to the alleged rebel move, a Ukrainian army spokesman said on Sunday.
The peace accord calls on Kiev to see through a raft of measures to grant a special status to the rebel-controlled areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. On Sundya, rebels said that at least one person was killed and several injured as Ukrainian forces shelled a hospital and several residential blocks in central Donetsk.
The latest unilateral step from eastern Ukrainian anti-Kiev troops comes despite previous violations by Kiev authorities of agreements by both sides to withdraw heavy weapons. “Do you believe we can shell ourselves?” he added.
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The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which is monitoring the ceasefire, has said neither side has fully withdrawn their heavy artillery from the frontline as required by the peace deal.
