In the Donetsk region, militants fired from the tanks positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ??the checkpoint of entry / exit (GVTV) "Gnutovo", because of which for a while the pass of citizens was suspended through the line of demarcation,.

"Today, because of the shelling by the militants of the Russian-occupation forces of the positions of the ATU forces in the vicinity of Pischevik and Pavlopol from the tank's weapons, for some time the citizens' pass to the Gnutovo CPVV was suspended, which is in the immediate vicinity. The civilian population that was in the area of ??the KPWV was taken to safe places, "the press center of the ATU headquarters on the page in the social network Facebook on Saturday morning.

According to the headquarters, the shelling lasted about 40 minutes, during this time the tanks of the militants carried out almost 50 shots.

"Also during this shelling, Russian-occupation troops used prohibited mortars of 120 mm caliber, releasing about six dozen mines," it was reported..

The headquarters of the ATU note that such facts testify to the concentration by militants on the line of delineation of the sides of the weapons prohibited by the Minsk accords, which should be in certain areas of withdrawal.

As of 8:00 am, throughput operations on the Gnutovo CPVV were restored.