China News Service, March 12, according to a comprehensive Russian media report. Recently, Ukrainian government forces exchanged fire with civilian armed forces in the Donbass region in the east of the country. Both sides used heavy weapons including artillery and large-caliber machine guns.
Data map: Heavy vehicles of civil armed organizations in eastern Ukraine.
According to TASS news agency, on March 10 local time, Osaki, a spokesman for a civilian armed organization in eastern Ukraine, said that Ukrainian government forces opened fire in the Udon region that day.
According to the report, Osage said that the Ukrainian army shelled the area and used some small arms.
Osage also accused the Ukrainian government of violating the ceasefire agreement.
According to RIA Novosti news agency, Ukrainian government forces fired on civilian armed organizations twice on the 11th local time, during which they also used large-caliber machine guns and sniper rifles.
The report also said that in the recent conflicts, the Udonian civil armed organization fought back against the Ukrainian government forces.
In April 2014, a large-scale conflict broke out between Uzbek government forces and civilian armed forces in the Donbass region (including Donetsk and Lugansk Oblasts) in eastern Ukraine.
With the mediation of the international community, the two parties to the conflict reached a ceasefire agreement in Minsk in September 2014 and February 2015, respectively, and established a ceasefire line. However, there are still major issues regarding withdrawal of troops, exchange of detainees, and local elections in the Donbass. Disagreement.
On July 27, 2020, both parties to the conflict announced an indefinite and comprehensive ceasefire in the Donbass region.
Since then, large-scale armed conflicts have been brought under control, but small-scale firefights have occurred from time to time.