Ukrainian troops from the Donbass Battalion. Photo:Getty

The World Daily | News Desk           APRIL  8th   2021

After reports of the tense situation in Donbas, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky decided to personally visit the conflict zone in the east of the country. He will meet the soldiers on the front line, the head of state office reported. "Ukraine is not alone in defending its sovereignty," assured the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, who paid an urgent visit to Kiev in connection with "the threat to peace at the borders of Ukraine".

"Zelenskiy goes to Donbas as the head of the armed forces to talk to the military and support the morale (in the original - fighting spirit - ed.) Of the defenders" - stated in a press release on the president's website. "As commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, I want to be with our soldiers in difficult times in Donbas. Going to the locations of the escalation," Zelenskiy wrote on Twitter. He also expressed condolences on the death of a 23-year-old military man who was killed in shelling last night.

"Ukraine needs peace and will do whatever it takes to achieve this," he stressed.

On Thursday, the Operations Staff of the Joint Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that from the beginning of the day until 7 a.m., the enemy's forces violated the truce in force five times (since July 2020). Fire was opened on Ukrainian positions four times, as a result of which a soldier was killed - it was specified. Civilian infrastructure was also fired upon.

The Ukrainian Pravda website points out that this is the eleventh death on the side of the Ukrainian army in the last two weeks.

In the past day, the forces of pro-Russian separatists violated the truce seven times, and one Ukrainian soldier was wounded, the staff said. It was emphasized that Ukrainian forces opened fire in response.