Ammunition from a LPR serviceman in the village of Molodyozhny, located on the line of contact in the Luhansk region. File photoLUGANSK, Feb 18The Ukrainian security forces again shelled the territory of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic with mortars, they told reporters at the LPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC). Earlier, the People's Militia of the LPR stated that the Ukrainian security forces had been intensively shelling the territory of the republic since the beginning of the day. 
There is a lot of barreled artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the line of contact, the LPR said «The armed formations of Ukraine continue to flagrantly violate the ceasefire regime,» said an officer of the LPR representative office in the JCCC. mortars with a caliber of 82 millimeters. Representatives of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics said on Thursday morning that the armed forces of Ukraine opened fire on their positions. Ruslan Yakubov, head of the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire, told RIA Novosti that Kiev is ignoring the Minsk agreements by using mortars and artillery. , Kiev deliberately violates the ceasefire measures in Donbass, signed in the summer of 2020. The representative of the People's Militia of the DPR emphasized that the artillery armament of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, prohibited by the Minsk agreements and located in positions near the settlements of Donbass, indicates preparations for a forceful solution. Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov claims that Kiev does not plan any military actions and military operations. As he said on Thursday, Ukraine intends to act in a political and diplomatic way. Western countries that provide diplomatic and military support to Kiev, during the last series of meetings and negotiations, repeatedly called on Kiev to comply with the Minsk agreements. In particular, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that all parties must adhere to them. According to Scholz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised to submit draft laws on the special status of Donbass, constitutional reform and suffrage for discussion in the contact group on Ukraine. />The village of Sanzharovka in the LPR came under shelling from UkrainePosted: Daria Buimova
