Ann Linde, Chairperson of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), said she was alarmed by the situation in Donbass and would seek the implementation of the Minsk agreements, UN News reported.
“The recent violations of the ceasefire are very alarming. Observance of the norms of international law, in particular international humanitarian law, is undoubtedly necessary, ”Linde said at a meeting of the UN Security Council.
The head of the OSCE expressed support for the existing formats of interaction and called on the parties to reopen checkpoints in the Luhansk region.
On March 11, it became known that the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) damaged a gas pipeline in the vicinity of Donetsk.
On March 10, it became known about clashes between servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) in the village of Mikhailovka (Zolote-5). Ukrainian servicemen violated the ceasefire near the village of Katerinovka.
On February 12, the speaker of the Ukrainian delegation to the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) Oleksiy Arestovich admitted that the Ukrainian military was opening fire on the enemy in Donbas despite the ceasefire. At the same time, according to him, Ukraine cannot initiate the actual cancellation of the ceasefire, since this could be followed by “an impartial reaction of the world community.”
On July 27, 2020, an indefinite ceasefire was announced in Donbass, agreed within the framework of the TCG by representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE. This is the 21st attempt to comply with the ceasefire agreement.
