In the area of ??the ATO on the Svetlodarskaya arc, the militants violated the New Year-Christmas truce, which began to operate on the night of December 23.

This was reported by the speaker of the press center of the headquarters of the ATO Vasily Labai.

"Since the beginning of this day, when the New Year-Christmas truce began to operate, until 11:30 the" silence regime "was observed. After that, the Russian-terrorist forces fired at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ??Lugansk on the Svetlodarskaya arc.

Armed provocations from grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and weapons of the BMP were committed from the Kalinovka settlement, not controlled by the Ukrainian government, "said Labai.

According to him, the dead and wounded Ukrainian soldiers as a result of the shelling there is no.

He also stressed that proceeding from the fact that this bombardment did not endanger the life of the Ukrainian military, the ATU did not open fire in response.

It is noted that by such actions militants try to disrupt the New Year-Christmas truce.