DPR reported nine truce violations in 24 hours

Ukrainian law enforcers have violated the ceasefire in Donbas nine times in the past 24 hours, a representative of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic told journalists on Friday at the Joint Centre for Ceasefire Control and Coordination (JCCC).


On Thursday, 11 ceasefire violations were reported at the Donetsk People’s Republic representative office at JCCC.

“Over the past day the total number of violations on the part of the armed formations of Ukraine was nine times”,  – said the representative of the department.

The representative of the DPR at the JCCC added that ten 82 millimeter caliber mines were fired on the territory of the republic, small arms and grenade launchers were also used.
In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-declared People’s Republic of China and the DPR, which declared independence after the state revolution in Ukraine in February 2014. According to the latest UN data, about 13,000 people fell victim to the conflict.