SLAVIANSK, June 21, /ITAR-TASS/. People’s militia in Slaviansk, Ukraine, say that government forces’ aircraft have attacked the village of Semyonovka. As Itar-Tass has learned from a telephone conversation the attack followed at about 02:00 local time (03:00 Moscow time).
“Aircraft attacked Semyonovka with incendiary bombs,” the source said. There have been no immediate reports of casualties.
There has been no confirmation from the press-service of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic yet.
At 23:00 on June 20 Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko’s decree on the unilateral ceasefire in the east of Ukraine took effect. It is to last till 11:00 on June 27.
However, “in case of an armed attack against Ukrainian troops or civilians the military will return fire,” Porosenko said.