Situation worsening in Donbas conflict zone, militants trying to occupy Shyrokino, says Lysenko

"The situation in eastern Ukraine is tending to worsen. The militants regularly fire on the Ukrainian army along the demarcation line, except the eastern part of the Luhansk region," he said.

"All of the above mentioned types of weapons should have already been withdrawn from the demarcation line under the Minsk agreements," he said.

"The tensest situation remains in the direction of Donetsk, including near the Donetsk airport," Lysenko said.

"In the area of Mariupol the militants are trying to occupy the village of Shyrokino, but the Ukrainian soldiers successfully defend the perimeter and repel all the attacks of the militants," he said.