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Intensity of Fighting in Donbas Decreases – Ukrainian State Border Service

© AFP 2023 / VOLODYMYR SHUVAYEVA Ukrainian serviceman reads a book as he warms himself by a camp fire in Svitlodarsk, approaching Debaltseve on February 15, 2015
A Ukrainian serviceman reads a book as he warms himself by a camp fire in Svitlodarsk, approaching Debaltseve on February 15, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The intensity of fighting between Kiev forces and independence supporters has decreased since the ceasefire took effect at midnight, The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine confirmed on Sunday.

Ukrainian servicemen play football on a road at Svitlodarsk, approaching Debaltseve on February 15, 2015 - Sputnik International
Ukraine's Donbas Ceasefire Generally Respected
MOSCOW, February 15 (Sputnik) The truce, agreed earlier in the week, became effective at midnight local time on Sunday.

"In general, there is a tendency of a decrease in the the intensity of fighting," the services' deputy head Oleh Slobodyan told Ukrainian 112 TV channel.

The official said that the border service registered some 30 "chaotic" shellings on Sunday, compared to almost 180 seen on Saturday.

Self-defense fighters of the Donetsk People's Republic in a combat position near the village of Mala Horlivka in the Donetsk Region - Sputnik International
No Shelling by Militia in Donbas Registered Since 01:00 GMT Amid Ceasefire

On Thursday, the warring sides agreed on a list of measures on the deescalation of the conflict in southeastern Ukraine. Apart from the ceasefire, Kiev and independence militias must exchange all prisoners and establish a buffer zone in the conflict area.

A similar agreement was signed last September. However, the clashes in eastern Ukraine continued and even intensified in the first weeks of 2015.

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