“The Armed Forces of Ukraine strictly adhere to the Minsk agreements and the norms of international humanitarian law, do not plan any offensive operations or shelling of civilians.
Our actions are exclusively defensive in nature,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Facebook.
The department noted that any harm caused to people or infrastructure in the Donbass is a provocation.
Earlier, the armed forces of the self-proclaimed republics of Donbass reported a lot of shelling by the Ukrainian military, which began on the morning of February 17.
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov noted an increase in Kiev's provocations in the Donbass in recent days.