The conflict escalates in Donbass. Fierce fighting continued on Debaltseve foothold. As a result of active operations of regiment "Azov" Ukrainian army took control of villages near Mariupol.
As a result of shelling of Kramatorsk by Russian-terrorist forces using MLRS "Smerch" 16 people were killed and more than 60 injured. OSCE observers found that the firing was conducted from an Gorlivka area as a result of operational investigation. The President Poroshenko, who arrived in the city at night was shown the consequences of the shelling and cluster munitions.
Grodovka, Avdiivka and outskirts of Mariupil also were under fire. Militants continue intense shelling of Donets'k to cause panic among the population.
The Russian army is concentrating forces on the border with Ukraine in the Rostov region. The flow of ammunition, military equipment and mercenaries across the state border is not reduced. Russian aircraft three times invaded the airspace of Ukraine throughout the day.
System security measures governing the entry, residence and population movements, works, registration and maintenance of boats introduced on the territory of several districts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv and Kherson regions since February 10.
Another explosion was in the heart of Odessa, police investigating the case as terrorist attack.
Moscow court extended the arrest of the deputy of the Ukrainian parliament Savchenko, which the Russian authorities accused of the murder of journalists on the Ukrainian territory.
Minsk talks Liaison Group Russia-Ukraine-OSCE to settle the situation in Donbass, with the participation of representatives of terrorist republics DNR and LNR ended inconclusively, and may continue on Wednesday.
As reported by Reuters, leaders of the "Big Seven" and the IMF are considering the possibility of increasing financial assistance to Ukraine to $ 40 billion.
US State Department spokesman Psaki said that Washington holds to diplomatic methods of settling the Ukrainian crisis and said that a decision on arms supply to Ukraine is pending. These weapons should be called “not fatal" and "defensive" because Ukraine is defending its territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Representatives of the two major parties registered a bill in the US Congress on granting Ukraine equipment and weapons worth $1 billion. Former US presidential advisor on national security Brzezinski believes that to deter Russian aggression the US military assistance needs to be provided to Ukraine.
Russia is conducting military drill of the Coast Guard Brigade in the occupied Crimea and military intelligence and special forces drill in the Southern Federal District.
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