“Only over the past day, the armed forces of Ukraine violated the ceasefire 37 times, which is a record figure even for the period until the conclusion of an unlimited ceasefire,” RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.

She called on the leaders of the guarantor countries of the Minsk Agreements to exert pressure on Kiev in connection with these facts, as well as on “unbridled armed groups” trying to disrupt the truce ahead of the meeting of the “Norman Four”.

Earlier, the DPR accused the Armed Forces of "burning houses" in Gorlovka.

On July 17, members of the Donbass contact group agreed on a new indefinite truce, which began on the 21st.

Ukrainian political analyst Vadim Karasev, director of the Institute for Global Strategies, in an interview with the NSN, assessed the likelihood of progress in the Minsk process from Kiev.