Ukraine’s military has accused pro-Russia forces of violating a truce they recently agreed with the government in Kiev.
Speaking at a news conference in the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev on Sunday, military spokesman, Volodymyr Polyovy, blamed the Pro-Russians for killing two service staff and wounding six others over the past 24 hours.
Pro-Moscow forces “are violating the terms of the cease-fire,” Polyovy added.
Meanwhile Eduard Basulin, a leader of pro-Russia forces, noted that fresh clashes around the government-controlled airport in Donetsk have claimed the lives of three civilians as well as three pro-Russia forces over the past day.
He also accused Ukrainian troops of shelling Donetsk outskirts from positions near the airport.
“The airport is a springboard for the city,” Basulin said, adding, “Our main task is to push them (government forces) away from the city so that they can no longer shell residential districts.”
The remarks come as 12 pro-Russia armed men were killed in attacks on buildings at Donetsk airport on Friday.
Kiev and the pro-Russians inked a Russian-proposed truce pact in early September aimed at putting an end to heavy clashes in Ukraine’s eastern provinces but the fighting continues unabated.
Ukraine’s mainly Russian-speaking regions in the east have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Moscow activists and the Ukrainian army since Kiev launched military operations to silence pro-Russians in mid-April. More than 3,000 people have reportedly been killed in the conflict.
Violence intensified in May after Donetsk and Lugansk regions held local referendums, in which their residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence from Ukraine.
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