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Ukrainian forces fire mortars into Donbas

  • By Al Mayadeen net
  • Source: Agencies
  • 17 Feb 2022 12:14
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The Ukrainian security forces opened fire on the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), using mortars prohibited by the Minsk agreements.

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  • Al Mayadeen reporter: Severe tensions with Ukrainin forces in Donbas
    The Luhansk People's (LPR) police spoke of severe tension in the line of contact with Ukrainian forces

Ukrainian forces fired prohibited mortars on the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) on Thursday morning. The forces opened fire four times and again on another area according to the representative office in the Joint Center of Control and Coordination (JCCC).

According to Al Mayadeen's correspondent, the LPR police spoke of severe tension in the line of contact with the Ukrainian forces, citing a response to a bombing by Ukrainian forces in the south of the province.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent to Ukraine confirmed that Kiev reported eight heavy weaponry attacks by Donbas forces.

An LPR officer told reporters that Ukraine's armed forces flagrantly violated the ceasefire using weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements. The officer added that the forces fired on Donetsk earlier.

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Before the vote, Kiev announced that it would consider Moscow's recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics as Russia's de facto and legal withdrawal from the Minsk Agreements with all the consequences that it entails. 

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"The undercover intelligence of the People's Militia of the LPR received data about the preparation of a staged high-profile terrorist act with numerous casualties among the civilian population at one of the industrial or social facilities in Kharkov, Luhansk or Donetsk regions by the Ukrainian special services," Filiponenko told reporters.

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