Donetsk, Dec 2 – DAN. Ukrainian armed formations have violated the сeasefire 157 times since the Additional Measures to Strengthen it came into force on July 27, said DPR Foreign Minister Natalia Nikonorova speaking at an Arria-Formula basis today at the UNSC event.
“We again witness growing numbers of ceasefire violations. We have recorded 157 violations since Kiev derailed the Additional Measures on July 29, including 33 cases of heavy weapons employment,” he said.
The Additional Measures to Strengthen the Ceasefire were signed at the Contact Group meeting on July 22 to reinforce and control the indefinite ceasefire in effect since July 21, 2019, the latest in the series of more than 20 reconfirmation and announcements of the “silence regime”. The package came into effect on July 27.
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