Donetsk, Jul 22 - DAN. Ukrainian armed formations deployed multiple launch rocket systems, cannon artillery and anti-aircraft systems to Donbass, Donetsk People’s Republic People’s Militia deputy commander Eduard Basurin said on Thursday.

Two S-300 anti-aircraft systems were spotted at the Konstantinovka railway station located 23 kilometers northwest of Gorlovka, and two multiple launch rocket systems Smerch are kept in hangars of an agribusiness in the neighboring Kondratovka village, Basurin said.

Two 152mm towed howitzers,  Giatsint-B and Msta-B were spotted in the Seleznyovka settlement in the north of the region, he said adding that the weapons had been deployed in violation of the Minsk accords.

The package of tighter ceasefire control measures has been in effect in Donbass since July 27, 2020. The document bans the use of all weapons, deployment of hardware, special operations, engineer works and use of unmanned aerial vehicles.*jk