Ukrainian Forces Send Aviation To Provoke DPR Into Truce Breach - Donetsk

Ukrainian Forces Send Aviation to Provoke DPR Into Truce Breach - Donetsk

Ukrainian forces tried to provoke the Donetsk People's Republic militia into breaking the ceasefire regime by sending combat helicopters to hover along the contact line between the DPR and Kiev-controlled part of Ukraine, Vladimir Kononov, the defense minister of the self-proclaimed republic, said on Saturday.

DONETSK (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st September, 2018) Ukrainian forces tried to provoke the Donetsk People's Republic militia into breaking the ceasefire regime by sending combat helicopters to hover along the contact line between the DPR and Kiev-controlled part of Ukraine, Vladimir Kononov, the defense minister of the self-proclaimed republic, said on Saturday.

On Friday, DPR head Alexander Zakharchenko was killed in an explosion in downtown Donetsk. The republic said that Kiev was responsible for the attack.

"According to the information we possess, the Ukrainian side tried yesterday to provoke our armed forces to violate the ceasefire by sending helicopters and bombers along the contact line," Kononov said.

There were journalists and OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine representatives to register ceasefire violations if the DPR responded to the provocation, the minister specified.

The official added that at present, the situation was under control, and the DPR forces were on standby.