Donetsk, Sep 13 – DAN. Ukrainian army reinforces its positions in Donbass with tanks, armored vehicles and artillery, DPR Operations Command deputy commander Eduard Basurin said on Wednesday.
"Our intelligence reported the enemy reinforcing its positions with heavy weapons."
Up to 25 tanks, up to a D-30 howitzer platoon, five infantry fighting vehicles were revealed otside Volnovakha, Svetlodarsk and Granitnoye, correspondingly.
DPR intelligence reports Kiev’s regular deployment of military equipment to the conflict zone. Under The Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements signed by the Contact Group on February 12, 2015, the sides have to withdraw their artillery systems of 100 mm caliber or more to a distance of 50 kilometers apart from each other, multiple launch rocket systems Tornado, Uragan and Smerch to a distance of 70 kilometers and Tactical Missile Systems Tochka to a distance of 140 kilometers. The Attachment to the Minsk Agreements signed in September provides for the parties’ withdrawal of their artillery systems of a caliber less than 100 mm, as well as tanks and mortars. Despite the accords, Ukraine regularly shells DPR areas.*ot