LPR militiaman killed as Ukrainian forces fire at Sokolniki

A Lugansk People’s Republic militiaman was killed as Kiev forces delivered a strike at the Sokolniki village, the LPR Office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) reported.

“At 17:55, Ukrainian armed formations in the Krymskoye settlement area fired an anti-tank grenade launcher, a large calibre machine gun and small arms at the Sokolniki settlement, killing an LPR militiaman,” the report said.

The members of the Contact Group have announced ceasefire more than 20 times since the autumn of 2014. Kiev forces regularly violated the truce opening fire with large caliber artillery, mortars and tank guns which were to have been withdrawn in accordance with the Minsk agreements.

The Ukrainian government launched the so-called anti-terrorist operation against Donbass in April 2014. Conflict settlement relies on the Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements, signed on February 12, 2015 in the Belarussian capital by the Contact Group members and coordinated by the Normandy Four heads of states (Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine). The document provides for ceasefire and withdrawal of heavy weapons from the contact line. *i*s