Foreign media reported on the 19th that the Ukrainian army confirmed that it had killed its soldiers for the first time in weeks and accused Russia of being “behind the scenes” of the recent increase in separatist forces in Ukrainian eastern Ukraine. On the same day, Russia, which borders Ukraine, Rostovskaya oblast Governor Vasily Golubev also declared a state of emergency due to the surge in the number of refugees in Udon.
A Ukrainian soldier was fatally wounded by artillery shrapnel in a conflict zone in the eastern part of the country near Russia, Ukraine’s Combined Military Command confirmed, accusing separatist fighters of using the text of a ceasefire agreement, Radio Ireland (RTE) reported. Banned 82mm and 120mm mortars and used residential areas as shelling positions in an attempt to claim attacking civilians following Ukrainian forces counterattacked.
The Ukrainian military stressed that it continued to “stop armed aggression” without attacking civilians and accused Russia of instructing its allies to carry out the attack, though Moscow denied any involvement in the conflict, calling the matter “an internal Ukrainian matter”.
Russia’s “TASS” (TASS) reported that the governor of Rostov region Golubev said that due to the large number of refugees from the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine entering the region, and the number is still increasing, he announced that the region will be free A state of emergency has been declared since the 19th. Golubev has met with Russia’s acting emergency minister Alexander Chupriyan, who agreed that it was the right measure, saying “we support the decision”.
In addition, the leaders of the separatist movement in eastern Ukraine, Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik, both announced that they had issued a general mobilization order to mobilize reserve soldiers to prepare for potential fighting.
