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Kiev forces violate ceasefire regime 41 times over last 24 hours — DPR defense ministry

The DPR defense ministry said Ukrainian forces fired from mortars, tank guns, 152 mm artillery guns, anti-aircraft guns, heavy machine guns and small arms

MOSCOW, March 26. /TASS/. The Ukrainian forces have violated the ceasefire regime in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) 41 times over the last 24 hours, the DPR defense ministry said on Thursday.

"Over the last 24 hours, 41 incidents [of ceasefire violation by Ukrainian forces] were registered, including 13 at night. Most incidents occurred in or around settlements of Spartak, Zhabichevo, town of Gorlovka, as well as near the Oktyabrskaya mine and Donetsk airport," the Donetsk News Agency quoted the DPR defense ministry as saying. Two DPR militiamen were injured, the ministry said.

The defense ministry said Ukrainian forces fired from mortars, tank guns, 152 mm artillery guns, anti-aircraft guns, heavy machine guns and small arms.

The ceasefire regime in Donbass is envisaged in the Minsk agreements on the crisis settlement in Ukraine.