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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania strongly condemns the shelling of the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on 2 October in Donetsk, which led to a death of a Red Cross worker, and offers its heartfelt condolences to the victim’s family and loved ones.

We also strongly condemn intensified violations of ceasefire in recent days, which have claimed new victims. Those responsible for the crimes must be brought to justice.

We call on all parties to the conflict to strictly observe the ceasefire and to implement the Minsk Protocol of 5 September. We underline that the ceasefire should not be taken advantage of by the separatists to expand the territory under their control. We regret that in spite of the ceasefire agreements and the international community’s efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, Russia has not taken any decisive measures or concrete steps to withdraw its military forces and weapons from eastern Ukraine and Crimea, to hand over border control to Ukrainian border guards, to release hostages and to stop all provocations.

Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry once again pays tribute to those people who risk their lives while conducting their professional duties in armed conflict zones.