Donetsk, Nov 17 - DAN. Ukrainian forces on Tuesday afternoon violated the ban on engineer works in the contact line area again, the Donetsk People’s Republic Office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) reported.
Ukrainian servicemen were seen at their positions in the Vodyanoye village area outside Mariupol at 13:20, Donetsk time (12:20, Kiev time). It is the first violation by the Ukrainian army since the beginning of the day.
Engineer works in the conflict zone in Donbass are banned by the Additional Measures to Strengthen the Ceasefire, which were agreed and signed by the Contact Group participants. The document has been in force since July 27, 2020. It also bans special operations, unmanned aerial vehicle flights and deployment of heavy military equipment in residential areas.
Earlier reports on Tuesday said that Ukrainian armed formations had not opened fire at the DPR over the past 24 hours; however, a group of Ukrainian servicemen was seen carrying out engineer works at Ukrainian army positions in the Peski settlement area north of Donetsk.*jk