The Ukrainian side in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) regarding ceasefire issues and stabilization on the dividing line between the parties has reported that militants are fuelling the conflict in Donbas and were reluctance to pull back the weapons in line with the Minsk agreements.
In March, militants from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) fired weapons, which are due to be pulled back (Grad multiple rocket launchers, tanks, artillery, mortars), 734 times, firing 5,114 mines and shells against Ukrainian positions, Ukrainian JCCC representatives said.
Avdiyivka remained a focal point of armed confrontation, a hard situation persisted on the Svitlodar arch in March, the JCCC said.
"The Ukrainian JCCC side takes the surge of shell attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces' positions in Donbas as a direct violation of accords under the Minsk agreements that may lead to the mounting of escalation and bloodshed again," Ukrainian JCCC representatives said.
