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Moscow specifically faults in Kiev and the West to “to question the implementation of specific provisions of the document” officially supported by Vladimir Putin, François Hollande, Petro Poroshenko and Angela Merkel says Russian diplomacy a statement . And while representatives of the rebel regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine “show their responsible attitude towards their commitments.”
CITY STRATEGIC Debaltseve bombarded
Russia “reaffirms that the main message of Minsk agreements is the need to end the fighting, withdraw heavy weapons and begin a real constitutional reform in Ukraine “.
But on the ground, pro-Russian separatists continued their offensive Saturday.
The strategic town of Debaltseve in the east of the country, was bombed. Vyacheslav Abroskine, head of the regional police pro-Kiev, wrote on his Facebook account: “The rebels destroy Debaltseve. Artillery fire against apartment buildings and office buildings do not cease. The city is in flames. “
He said the police station in the city was hit by a Grad rocket. The Ukrainian army reported Saturday morning a “attempted rebel assault with multiple rocket launchers and tanks” , its positions to the south-east outskirts of Debaltseve, railway junction halfway between the rebel cities of Donetsk and Luhansk and intense combat theater.
The Ukrainian troops are almost encircled by the rebels. Geoffrey Pyatt, US Ambassador to Ukraine, wrote on his Twitter account Saturday that it was systems “Russian and not separatist” near Debaltseve, including air defense systems .
The government forces have reported one hundred twenty separate attacks over the last twenty-four hours. The situation also remains tense in some areas of the Luhansk region, said the military.
TWO DEAD IN BOMBING TO DONETSK
At the same time, the city of Donetsk, stronghold of pro-Russian rebels was bombed on Saturday, killing two people. The shells fell near the residence of the leader of the “People’s Republic of Donetsk,” Alexander Zakharchenko.
The agreement reached Thursday morning in Minsk, capital of Belarus, through the mediation of France and Germany provides for coming into force of a cease-fire Saturday midnight (23 pm Paris time), withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line and the establishment of a buffer zone of 50 km under the control of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
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