Over the past day, the Ukrainian militants violated the cease-fire 7 times. About this on Thursday, May 23, said the official representative of the Armed Forces of the DPR, Daniel Bezsonov.
According to the ministry, the settlements of Shirokaya Balka, Aleksandrovka, Spartak, Dokuchaevsk, Elenovka, October, Leninskoe were subjected to shelling with the use of mortars, grenade launchers, large-caliber machine guns and small arms.
“As a result of the return fire of our defenders from armament not prohibited by the Minsk agreements, two Ukrainian militants were killed, one was wounded,” Bezsonov said during a briefing.
The Ukrainian servicemen who were detained on 22 May in the Yelenovka area reported on their participation in the preparation of a sabotage against the OSCE SMM on the territory of the DPR.“At the moment, saboteurs give confessions. According to them, we learned that they had to carry out a number of sabotage on the territory of the Republic, one of which was planned against the staff of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission, ”said the head of the press service.
He added that during the investigation, the identities of all eight detainees were established.