Despite ongoing attempts to reach a truce, undertaken by top leaders of Germany, France and Ukraine, shelling in Donbas continues.
Over the past 24 hours 37 eastern towns and villages were shelled 111 times by Russian troops, spokesman of the anti-terrorist operation in Donbas, Andriy Lysenko, said on Feb. 8. In addition, Russian military launched two aerial surveillance drones from the territory of annexed Crimea peninsula, that illegally flew 600 meters into Kherson Oblast.
Meanwhile, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France aim to meet in Minsk on Feb.11 to continue work on resolving the crisis in Ukraine after holding a conference call on Feb. 8, a German government spokesman said in a statement, according to Reuters report.
According to Lysenko, two
informants who supplied pro-Russian rebels with military information,
were arrested. They provided army of so-called Donetsk People’s Republic
with details of defence equipment
movement and helped to engage targets as spotters. The arrested
individuals jointly with Russian-backed militants were behind the
shelling of thermal power plant in Shchastya, Luhansk Oblast.
