Photo: Website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
Ukrainian security forces fired on the territory of the so-called Luhansk People's Republic. It happened after 15 days of silence. As a result, one militia was killed. Another was injured.
In response, the LPR People's Militia opened fire on the positions of the Ukrainian security forces in Donbas, said Ivan Filiponenko, an official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic. According to preliminary data, two Ukrainian soldiers were killed as a result of the renewed fire. Another was injured.
In addition, he accused Kiev of deliberately destabilizing the situation in Donbas. Filiponenko claims that the escalation of the conflict is directly related to the further negotiations of the subgroups as well as the contact group for the settlement of the conflict in Donbas. They are scheduled for December 21-22.
Earlier, LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky said that the military conflict in eastern Ukraine could begin in February next year, during the Winter Olympics.