For the past 24 hours, the enemy committed two violations of Clause 2 of the Additional Measures for the Enhancement and Control of the Ceasefire, namely the ban on opening fire, spokesman for the DPR People’s Militia Directorate Colonel Eduard Basurin reported at the briefing in Donetsk on October 16.
On the Donetsk front, militants from the 1st battalion of the 54th brigade opened fire from positions near Avdeyevka with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher at Spartak. A few hours later, the same 54th brigade continued to hinder the restoration of the civil infrastructure in the Republic by firing at the Donetsk-Severny railway station with mortars, where Donetsk Railway specialists were carrying out repair work. The AFU fired four 82mm shells on that area.
“The attack on the working team demonstrates the unwillingness of the Ukrainian side to restore the infrastructure they had previously destroyed. The JCCC of Ukraine was notified of the repair work in advance and appropriate security guarantees were given. However, the information about the time and place of work allowed the AFU to attack the workers,” Eduard Basurin stressed.
Since the beginning of the current 24-hour period, militants from the 1st battalion of the 54th AFU brigade have opened fire with small arms at Yakovlevka from positions located near Avdeyevka.
“In addition to violating Clause 2 of the Additional Measures for the Enhancement and Control of the Effective Indefinite Ceasefire, AFU militants also violated Clause 1 of this agreement.
Thus, DPR monitors to the JCCC saw a UAV of the 36th AFU brigade flying over Vodyanoye. The drone flight was conducted to monitor the quality of disguise of prohibited weapons deployed in violation of the disengagement lines,” Eduard Basurin reported.
In addition, ten minutes after the UAV flight, five explosions occurred at AFU positions near Vodyanoye.
Representatives of the Ukrainian party to the JCCC were promptly notified of that fact through the coordination mechanism.
