“The criminal actions of the Ukrainian armed groups led to the destruction of five residential buildings and casualties among the civilian population,” the Telegram message says.

It is specified that the Armed Forces of Ukraine made an attempt to attack the positions of the LPR by forcing the Seversky Donets River.

Earlier, the LPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of the ceasefire reported 49 violations of the ceasefire by the Ukrainian army on February 19.

The head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, signed a decree on general mobilization in the republic.