At the site of the explosion in the parking lot near the Government House building in Donetsk. File photoDONETSK, Feb. 20Explosions have been heard on the outskirts of Donetsk for the third hour, they can be heard from the city center, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. The sounds of artillery fire are clearly audible in the Voroshilovsky district in the city center, glass and frames rattle in the windows of houses. 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 DPR announced new attacks from the Ukrainian security forcesThe 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 military solution. Defense Minister of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov claims that Kiev is not plans no power 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. />Yesterday, 11:15 InfographicHow the situation in Donbas developedInfographicViewPosted by: Nikita Stoma
