The Command of Ukraine's Armed Forces has reported four violations of the latest ceasefire agreement by Russia-controlled armed groups in the Donbas warzone on Monday, November 30.
"In the past day, November 30, the Russian Federation's armed formations and its mercenaries four times violated the ceasefire agreements reached by the Trilateral Contact Group on July 22, 2020," the press center of Ukraine's Joint Forces Operation (JFO) Command wrote on Facebook in an update as of 07:00 Kyiv time on December 1, 2020.
In particular, Russia-led troops used grenade launchers of various types and rifles near the villages of Vodiane and Novotoshkivske. In addition, the enemy used an anti-tank grenade launcher near the village of Hnutove.
Read alsoUkraine takes tougher stand in TCG talks with Russia on Donbas – journalistNo casualties were reported in the past day.
What is more, another ceasefire violation was recorded in the Pryazovia area (the north coast of the Sea of Azov). In the afternoon, a quadcopter was spotted crossing the contact line near Vodiane. The Ukrainian servicemen shot it down, using small arms.
Since midnight, enemy forces have not attacked Ukrainian troops, the JFO HQ said.
The situation is under full control of the Ukrainian military.
Donbas ceasefire: Background
- Participants in the Trilateral Contact Group (Ukraine, Russia, and the OSCE) on the peace settlement in Donbas on July 22 agreed on a full and comprehensive ceasefire along the contact line from 00:01 on Monday, July 27.
- On the very first day of the newly-agreed truce, Russia's hybrid military forces mounted three attacks on Ukrainian positions in Donbas, eastern Ukraine. Ukraine has reported more such violations over the latest period.
