Poroshenko said about the failure of the April truce

The number of attacks on Monday has increased three times.

President Petro Poroshenko declared that the truce of April 1, which was agreed at the talks in Minsk did not take place.

During his visit to Latvia Poroshenko stressed that the Russian side not a single day did not observe the truce, and eve in General has been an upsurge in the number of attacks has tripled, according to a Twitter press Secretary of the President Svyatoslav Tsigalko.

“Today I reported to the chief of staff and defense Minister that, unfortunately, not a single day when the Russian side to comply with this regime, it was not. The first, second April, we saw a reduction in the use of heavy artillery and mortars. Unfortunately, yesterday we saw a sharp escalation. The number of attacks compared to the first, the second number increased three times”, – quotes the President Agency “Ukrainian news”.

He also said that if Russia will not cease fire, sanctions would be extended.

We will remind, on 29 March in Minsk the meeting of Tripartite contact group (TAG) for a peaceful settlement of the situation in the Donbass agreed to a ceasefire in the Donbas since April 1 and the withdrawal forces in Stanitsa Luganskaya from 6 April. President Petro Poroshenko has ordered forces ATO to cease fire from 1 April.

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