Ukrainian soldiers on the line of contact. File photoLUHANSK, Feb 21Ukrainian security forces violated the ceasefire 66 times over the past 24 hours, three civilians were injured, Ivan Filiponenko, the official representative of the People's Militia of the LPR, said on Telegram. shelling of 24 settlements of the republic. Weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements are actively used,» the statement published in the Telegram of the People's Militia reads. As a result of shelling, one civilian «received a traumatic amputation of the lower limb» in the village of Prishib, in the village of Znamenka, two residents received shrapnel wounds. In addition, damage was recorded to the roofs of two residential buildings. Representatives of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics said on Thursday morning that the armed forces of Ukraine had 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. Representative of the LPR in the political subgroup Rodion Miroshnik told RIA Novosti that by shelling the territory of the republics of Donbass with heavy weapons, Kiev purposefully violates the ceasefire measures in Donbass signed in the summer of 2020.
«More and more people.» What refugees from Donbass facedThe representative of the People's Militia of the DPR emphasized that the artillery weapons of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, prohibited by the Minsk agreements and located in positions near the settlements of Donbass, indicate preparations for a military solution. Ukrainian Defense Minister 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. 
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