“During a massive shelling by the enemy, one of the observation posts, which is located in front of our main combat positions, was temporarily abandoned by the Ukrainian defenders,” the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry quoted him as saying.

According to Zagorodniuk, currently there is the chief of the General Staff - Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Ruslan Khomchak, who "finds out all the circumstances."

On February 18, the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics and Ukrainian security forces accused each other of shelling.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky called the aggravation an attempt to disrupt the peace process.

More on the topic - in the material RT.