Ukrainian military . File photoDONETSK, February 17Ukrainian security forces shelled the south of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic with 122mm artillery, a DPR representative at the joint center for control and coordination of the ceasefire regime told reporters. sides of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction of the settlement of Sakhanka (south of the DPR — ed.). Four shells with a caliber of 122 mm were fired,» the representative of the department said. />UAF fired on the outskirts of Donetsk for the third time in a day Representatives of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics said on Thursday morning that the armed forces of Ukraine had opened massive fire on their positions. As reported later in the People's Militia Department of the DPR, on Thursday the Ukrainian security forces violated the truce 21 times, a resident of Staromikhaylovka was wounded. The representative office of the LPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire reported that as a result of the shelling of the village of Nikolaevka, residential buildings, a power line and a gas pipeline were damaged. security forces and two civilians were injured. In particular, the military announced the shelling of Stanytsia Luhanska, controlled by Kiev, shells hit the building of a kindergarten, as a result of which three employees received shell shock. The Security Council of Ukraine opened a criminal case under the article «terrorist act». On Thursday, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, another shelling was also carried out, this time the village of Vrubovka, Severodonetsk region, was hit. The shelling damaged the building of a local school. The delegation of Kiev in the contact group on Donbass requested to convene an extraordinary meeting.Evidence of shelling of a kindergarten by Ukrainian security forces was brought to the LPR In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, which declared independence after a 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 they announced the 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. Kiev
