AFU serviceman in eastern UkraineLUHANSK, Jan 18The coordinator from the OSCE in the humanitarian subgroup on Donbass at the Minsk talks, Charlotte Relander, visited a school in the LPR-controlled village of Zolote-5, which is regularly shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, during her stay in the territory of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic on Tuesday. Earlier on Monday, Relander arrived in the LPR, in order to personally get acquainted with the problems discussed in the humanitarian subgroup on Donbass.Zelensky thanked the US senators for «effective help» «Regarding my final comment on the school. What I saw is certainly terrifying. It's scary to see it. I didn't know this was happening. As I saw, the school is quite large and here a lot of students study, and their education, the school process depends on the presence of a school here. Of course, there cannot be such a target for shelling as a school. This is an object of civilian infrastructure,» Relander told reporters. In turn, the representative of the LPR in the humanitarian subgroup of the contact group Olga Kobtseva explained to media representatives that this educational institution constantly comes under sniper fire from Ukrainian security forces. We hope that Mrs. Relander will be able to raise this issue, identify this problem and, finally, stop shelling of this school,» Kobtseva said.The White House believes that Russia can attack Ukraine at any momentUkrainian authorities in April 2014 launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, which declared independence after the coup in Kiev in February 2014. According to the latest UN data, about 13 thousand people became victims of the conflict. The issue of resolving the situation in Donbass is being discussed, including during meetings of the contact group. However, even after the ceasefire agreements, skirmishes continue, in the DPR and LPR they announced shelling of residential areas by Ukrainian heavy artillery. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements and drags out negotiations to resolve the conflict. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Kiev sent half of the entire personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine to the Donbass. Moscow expressed concern about the transfer of military equipment from NATO countries to the Russian borders and the increase in the number of Western instructors in the Donbass. Western countries continue to provide Ukraine with military support, including by supplying weapons that are used in the Donbass. NATO
