The news brief, 18 April 2017

The situation in the LPR is worsening. Kiev fighters have opened fire on the village Frunze of the Slavyanoserbsky district in the morning. They used grenade launchers, @ the representative of the LPR People’s Militia Andrey Marochko reported today.
Kiev fighters shelled the positions of the LPR People’s Militia near the town Pervomaysk. They used antiaircraft guns, grenade launchers and small arms; it has been reported by the Ministry of Defense.
11 Ukrainian mortars and 200 soldiers arrived in the village Novoluganskoe near Debaltsevo, Eduard Basurin reported today.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled 16 localities in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The village Spartak, suburbs of Yasinovataya and the Telmanovsky district were subjected to intensive shelling. They used tanks, mortars, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, antiaircraft guns, grenade launchers and small arms.
The Ukrainian Side keeps on hiding banned weapons and military equipment near the contact line, Andrey Marochko reported today. The representatives of the OSCE special monitoring mission reported that Ukraine restricted access in the localities Popasnaya, Katerinovka, Zolotoe, Stanitsa Luganskaya and Schastye.