This was stated by the official representative of the Secretary General Stephane Dujarrick.

"The Secretary General, for his part, reiterated his concern about repeated violations of the ceasefire and the need to avoid any escalation," TASS quoted him as saying.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry called on Kiev and NATO to abandon destabilizing actions in the Donbass.

The official representative of the department, Maria Zakharova, said that NATO is inciting Ukraine on the Donbass issue, and the European Union is monitoring the situation and does not require Kiev to report on the work done and return to negotiations.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, in turn, stressed that they are not planning an offensive and military escalation or provocations to resolve the conflict in Donbass.