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Kiev government forces have violated the ceasefire agreements, including by shelling the airport of Donetsk, a deputy commander of the Donetsk militia, Eduard Basurin, said Friday, Sputnik reported.

“At 11:15 [Moscow time, 08:00 GMT] Donetsk army positions came under fire. This is how the Ukrainian side complies with the obligations it had undertaken, namely on ceasefire and heavy weaponry withdrawal,” Basurin told reporters.

Basurin also said that there was little optimism about Kiev’s heavy weaponry withdrawal from the frontlines, referring to reconnaissance information from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).

“Information coming from our reconnaissance on the situation near the frontlines from the Ukrainian side does not give us the feeling of optimism in regard to Kiev’s rapid implementation of this point in the Minsk agreements,” the deputy commander said, adding that under the guise of withdrawing heavy artillery, “the Ukrainian side is holding a covert rotation.”