An information specialist for Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Vladimir Polevoy says the intensity of attacks on Ukrainian positions has increased despite the ceasefire deal sealed in Minsk on September 5.

Germany’s FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier suggested this weekend that Russia is trying to break up Ukraine by continuing to support the insurgency in the east of the country.

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