In eastern Ukraine, 13 fighters of the National Guard were killed in an accident

During the rotation of volunteers and military personnel under the contract of the National Guard of Ukraine, the bus transporting them collided with a military truck, the press service of the National Guard reports . At the scene of the incident, 12 people died, later another died in the hospital. Another 20 people were injured.

The accident occurred near the village of Minkovka, Donetsk region. The cause was bad weather conditions. 11 victims were hospitalized in the Kharkov hospital. Residents of the city donate blood for the wounded.

During Monday, the positions of government forces were fired at 10 times, the ATO press center reports . In addition to small arms, terrorists use tanks and artillery. As a result of shelling, one soldier was wounded, there are no dead.

On Sunday, another report of the OSCE monitoring mission was published. It notes that in the east of Ukraine cases of violation of the ceasefire . Over the first two days of the New Year, 38 cases of shelling from small arms, mortars and missile systems in the areas of the Donetsk airport and the settlement of sand controlled by government forces, as well as the Gorlovka militants, were recorded. Three civilians died there. In the area of ​​the airport, one was killed and seven Ukrainian troops were injured.

In addition, shelling from Grads was recorded in the village of Gorskoye 70 km north-west of Lugansk and in the village of Chernukhino east of Debaltseve. Both settlements are controlled by the army of Ukraine.

According to the information and analytical center of the National Security and Defense Council, the restless situation is preserved in Donetsk, Lugansk, and Mariupol directions. Over the weekend, three military personnel received there, there are no dead. However, the Ukrainian military strictly observe the ceasefire.

"The most destructive factor in the situation in the ATO zone is the preservation and extension of the Russian military presence in the occupied territory of Donbass," the National Security and Defense Council notes.

In the cities of Stakhanov and the Red Luch of the Lugansk region there were clashes between the "Cossacks" and the forces of the LPR, the report said. At least 23 militants died.

On Saturday and Sunday, 32 shelling of Ukrainian positions in the area of ​​Peskov, Novotishkovsky and Orlov-Ivanovka were recorded. However, the night of Monday passed calmly.