In Ukraine, sporadic fighting would continue despite the cease-fire. They take place mainly around the city of Mariupol and Donetsk airport. Government forces accuse the pro-Russian cause of dozens of attacks, including on civilian areas.
Moscow, for its part, denounces the provocations and lies of Kiev, especially regarding the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line. The 'bluff' 'according to the head of Russian diplomacy. In an interview on national television, Sergei Lavrov called on France and Germany to put pressure on the Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko to fully observe the Minsk agreements.
The withdrawal of heavy weapons has certainly begun, but it is still far from being completed by both sides, observers of the OSCE. A deadlock situation that shows the fragility of the cease-fire in eastern Ukraine.
