Mhm.
We heard that a mortar shell came into
this area from the direction of the
airport in the town of Pesky which are
held by the Ukrainians. And this is
apparently where it
landed.
Mhm.
Fore! Foreign! Foreign!
It's a Orthodox Easter Sunday. Uh, and
there's supposed to be a ceasefire in
place, but incidents like this still
happen.
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We're continuing our tour of things that
were shelled this morning in Daetsk. And
uh this is hospital number 21. And
apparently four shells came down here
according to the staff. Maybe one or two
of them went through the roof.
We saw a fire truck and we followed it
to this house which has also been hit by
a shell. We're right next to the airport
right now, which is under the control of
the pro-Russia forces. The Ukrainian
lines are just a few hundred yards away,
and it looks like this Easter day is
turning out pretty
badly. This was somebody's backyard. The
field of the airport is just over there.
This is where most of the fighting is
still
happening.
Luckily, there haven't been any reports
of casualties today.
Mhm. Spring is here and this feels like
a springtime escalation. The shells keep
coming down with more and more
frequency. Uh, and it seems like the
Minsk ceasefire deal that was agreed in
February is now breaking down because
neither side wants to stick to the terms
of the agreement. Unfortunately, this
conflict feels like it's about to
restart.
We're in a separatist controlled area,
but there are official observers here
from both the Ukrainian and the Russian
side. The guy on the right is a
Ukrainian officer, and the one on the
left is from the Russian military.
The de facto rebel authorities here have
invited journalists out to the train
station in Datk. Um they say that there
was fighting this morning. Uh and
they've actually brought the body of a
man they say was a Ukrainian uh fighter
that they picked up um where the
fighting was. They've also uh taken one
man prisoner. They've
said, "Do you see an escalation
happening right now?" Well, it feels
like an escalation, but uh we really do
our best to stop the the firing and to
comply with the Minsk agreement. And
what why do you think the um Minsk
agreement isn't uh holding right now?
What are the reasons behind that? Uh
because uh it's uh it's really difficult
task for both sides and uh I think it's
going to take time much more than we
expected before. Do you know anything
about the battle in which this fighter
died? Well, uh we we know there was um
heavy heavy shelling last night and
during the whole day yesterday and uh
same this morning and it it's going on
right now. So if uh if you're
considering the particular fight, I
cannot comment on it. I can tell you
about the whole area of the Donk
airport. How do you feel about the fact
that they've brought this body out here
to show to all of the journalists? I
feel bad about it. Uh I don't think it's
it's proper procedure to do to show up
the the corpse
of soldiers or something in front of the
journalist. We can talk about it but
it's I don't think we have to do a show
out of it.
I guess this is their way of telling the
world that the ceasefire isn't working
uh and of blaming the Ukrainians for
attacking them. But I think it's a
pretty macob and uh strange way to
communicate your
position through a dead body.
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