Summary events of Novorossiya, February 21, 2017

The Ukrainian side disrupted the withdrawal of military weapon and equipment from the contact line again. The operational command of the DPR hopes, that it will happen on the 22nd of February, on Wednesday.

The Ukrainian fighters have opened fire at Dokuchaevsk and the village Elenovka in the south-west of Donetsk in the morning. They used infantry fighting vehicles and large-caliber machine-guns. 8 houses were damaged.

The Donetsk filtering station begins to work today; it has been reported by the enterprise “The Water of Donbass”.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic over 1000 times for the last 24 hours. They used mortars, infantry fighting vehicles, antiaircraft guns, grenade launchers and small arms. Ukrainian fighters opened fire at Gorlovka, Yasinovatay, Dokuchaevsk, suburbs of Donetsk and southern villages of the Republic, the Deputy Commander of the operational command of the DPR Eduard Basurin reported today.

Kiev fighters shelled the positions of the LPR People’s Militia in the villages Kalinovo, Logvinovo, Lozovoe, Kalinovka and Nizhnee Lozovoe 16 times. They used mortars, grenade launchers and small arms. 1 soldier of the LPR was wounded; it has been reported by the Ministry of Defense.

The 60th humanitarian aid convoy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation has arrived in Donetsk and Lugansk today. White lorries have delivered 204 tons of cargo.