LUGANSK, 12 Aug. The people's militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic on Wednesday opened fire on the positions of the Ukrainian security forces in the Donbass, from where, according to the LPR, the settlement of Nizhnye Lozovoye was fired and a militia was wounded, the press service of the republic's defense department said on Thursday. in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of the ceasefire regime announced one shelling on Wednesday from the Ukrainian security forces. As a result of the shelling of the settlement of Nizhneye Lozovoe, an employee of the People's Militia was wounded. «Our units opened fire back from weapons not prohibited by the Minsk agreements, suppressing the enemy's fire activity,» a spokesman for the People's Militia told reporters. He noted that the return fire was opened after after the representatives of the LPR promptly reported about the shelling of the territory of the republic to the Kiev side in the JCCC. «The attempt of the LPR representation in the JCCC to use the coordination mechanism for the prompt establishment (regime) of silence was once again ignored by the Ukrainian side in the JCCC,» the press service representative said.
Zelensky told why he cannot end the conflict in Donbass In the summer of last year, additional measures to ensure an armistice came into force in Donbass. These measures imply a complete ban on firing, placing weapons in and near settlements, offensive and reconnaissance and sabotage actions. In addition, they provide for disciplinary liability for violations of the ceasefire. Ceasefire orders containing measures to maintain it must be in effect until the conflict is fully resolved.
The head of the LPR called the condition for the settlement of the conflict in Donbass
