Alexander Zakharchenko, the "prime minister" of the self-styled Donetsk People's Republic, said Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko "has breached the ceasefire and declared war ."
Reaģējot uz notikušo, pašpasludinātās Doņeckas tautas republikas līderis Aleksandrs Zaharčenko paziņoja, ka Ukrainas prezidents Petro Porošenko "ir pārkāpis pamieru un pieteicis karu".