Ukrainian security forces shelled Dokuchaevsk, 40 grenades were fired. This was announced on Saturday, February 19, by the representative office of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC).
“Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine – Ed.) in the direction: 00.05 – the settlement of Bugas – the settlement of Dokuchaevsk: 40 grenades were fired from the AGS,” the message of the DPR JCCC in Telegram reads.
Earlier that day, it was reported that Ukrainian security forces shelled the village of Zaitsevo on the outskirts of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) controlled city of Gorlovka.
Also on Friday, the DPR representative office in the joint center for monitoring and coordinating the ceasefire regime stated that the Ukrainian security forces had fired 68 mines and shells across the territory of the republic since the beginning of the day.
The Russian Foreign Ministry, in turn, said that the attitude of the Ukrainian authorities towards the residents of the DPR and LPR is genocide.
In addition, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, reported an “anomalous” number of attacks on positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass.
Also on Friday, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that a mass exodus of the population to Russia was organized in the republic in connection with the shelling. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will soon give an order to the military to go on the offensive, to implement a plan to invade the territory of the self-proclaimed republics, Pushilin said.
The head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), Leonid Pasechnik, stressed that the armed forces of Ukraine continue to concentrate manpower and heavy equipment along the entire line of contact, ignoring international agreements.
Over the past 24 hours, the situation on the line of contact in Donbass has seriously deteriorated. The DPR and LPR reported heavy shelling by Ukrainian security forces, including from heavy weapons.
Since 2014, the Kiev authorities have been conducting a military operation against the inhabitants of Donbass, who refused to recognize the results of the coup d’état and the new government in Ukraine. At the same time, Kiev blames Moscow for the current situation. Russia has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to the intra-Ukrainian conflict. The issues of its settlement are being discussed in the Minsk and Normandy formats.
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