Ukrainian militants again grossly violated the effective truce and opened fire on our Republic, an official representative of the DPR PMD said in the emergency statement on December 4.
Today, militants from the 36th marine brigade opened fire with 120 mm mortars, having fired 12 shells at our positions near Leninskoye.
The militants were adjusting their fire by using a UAV, which was destroyed by our air defense units. The enemy fire activity was neutralized by adequate retaliatory fire. The losses of the enemy are being clarified.
We regret to inform that as a result of the enemy fire, two of our defenders suffered fatal wounds. We offer our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
The main purpose of the Ukrainian fighters, who targeted our observers monitoring the situation, was to kill the defenders of the Republic.
According to our information, there was a group of journalists at Ukrainian positions during the provocation.
We are confident that representatives of the Ukrainian JCCC will conceal the attack by the AFU from the ambassadors of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland who arrived in Mariupol.
We call on international monitors and the international community to register this case of gross ceasefire violation, to force the military and political leadership of Ukraine to fulfil the Minsk Agreements and raise the issue of stabilization of the situation in Donbass during today’s meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council.
