A U.S. embassy in Ukraine delegation has visited Luhansk region to ascertain the violations of the Minsk agreements by militants, the Luhansk regional military-civil administration has reported.

The diplomats visited Novotoshkovka with the regions' governor, Hennadiy Moskal.

The village is located near the 29th checkpoint (the endpoint of the territory controlled by Ukraine). A large part of the village has been destroyed by artillery and Grad rocket launcher strikes. The majority of the inhabitants have fled.

Moskal and the U.S. embassy delegation examined the places that had been shelled, talked to locals, and handed out humanitarian aid.