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The Ukrainian army has already shown that it will give a dignified rejection and defend the country’s independence, said President Volodymyr Zelensky, commenting on the death of a Ukrainian soldier in the Zaitsevo area of the Donetsk region.
On February 11, a soldier from the 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade, Alexander Glushko, 36, was killed by a sniper bullet in Donbas, the Office of the President of Ukraine on Facebook.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is on a working visit to the Donetsk region today, expressed his condolences to the family and friends of the deceased, the statement said.
“Today, being on the front line, I received disappointing news. Ukraine has lost another defender. Despite the agreements on a general ceasefire, the enemy continues to act insidiously. The Ukrainian army has already shown that it will fight and defend our independence, “Zelensky said …
Glushko was killed as a result of a sniper bombardment by the Russian armed forces on Ukrainian positions in the Zaitsevo area of the Donetsk region, according to the Ukrainian delegation to the trilateral contact group on conflict resolution in Donbass. The soldier was injured around 9:30 a.m. and died during the evacuation to the hospital.
The president visited the Donetsk region today with ambassadors from the G7 countries. During his visit, he paid tribute to the memory of the Ukrainian army that died in the battles for Avdiivka in 2017.
In 2014, immediately after the annexation of Crimea, Russia launched an armed aggression in eastern Ukraine. The fighting is between the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the one hand, and the Russian army and the Russian-backed militants who control parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, on the other. The Russian Federation does not officially recognize its invasion of Ukraine, despite the facts and evidence presented by Ukraine.
On July 22, 2020, the Trilateral Contact Group agreed to a full and complete ceasefire in Donbas starting at midnight on July 27. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that the Joint Forces will respond to enemy bombardments even after the ceasefire goes into effect.
The Ukrainian side regularly reports cases of violations of the ceasefire by militants.
In early 2021, the situation in Donbas worsened. The Joint Forces Operations Headquarters has repeatedly reported that the enemy is firing snipers.
On February 4, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said that in Donbass “there is no longer any peace process.” “There are pairs of snipers, mortars, bombings. The war is on,” he said.
According to “Novinarni”, in January three soldiers died in eastern Ukraine. Until today, the same number of victims, according to journalists’ estimates, was in February.
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