Russian-terrorist forces fired on the positions of the Ukrainian military in Donbas on April 24, 24 April,. Despite the ceasefire agreement reached by the Tripartite Contact Group on April 1, provocative firing by militants of the positions of the ATU forces does not stop. The servicemen of the ATU control the situation and strictly adhere to the "silence".

The center of fire confrontation again became the Mariupol direction. Here, by fire from the portable rocket-launcher "Grad-P" and weapons of the BMP, the militants covered the Marines' strong points near Shirokino. From the weapons of the BMP, anti-aircraft unit ZU-23-2, grenade launchers of various systems and heavy machine guns, terrorists fired at Marinka. In Krasnogorovka, the invaders used antitank grenade launchers, and in Vodian - the BMP armament and machine guns of large calibers. Marines near Gnutov came under fire from small arms. In Mariinka, there were enemy snipers.

In the Donetsk direction, the invaders opened fire on Avdeevka and Verkhnetoretsky from 82 mm mortars, anti-tank grenade launchers and heavy machine guns. The bases of the Ukrainian military in Troitsk and Peski fell under the enemy fire of anti-tank grenade launchers and small arms.

In the Lugansk direction the militants carried out provocative shelling of small arms of the APU fighters in Novoaleksandrovka.

Recall, on the eve of the militants fired nine times the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On April 12, the Tripartite Contact Group during the meeting in Minsk confirmed the commitment to the agreements reached on March 29 on a complete ceasefire on the eve of the Easter holidays. However, terrorists in the Donbas did not observe the "silence" regime for a single day..