As Geoffrey Pyatt said in an interview with Radio Liberty, Russia is conducting intensive training so. Army New Russia, as separatists called territories occupied by them in the Donetsk and Luhansk circuit. – Russia also deployed missiles surface-to-air in a very short distance from the line of demarcation on the Ukrainian territory – he stressed.
The American ambassador reminded the press releases of the leaders of the so-called. Donetsk Oleksandr People’s Republic Zacharczenki, who declared that he intends to master the Donbas. – If this is indeed his goal, then he forgets about the arrangements, under which he signed in February in Minsk – pointed diplomat.
Pyatt said that the United States continues to advocate for the implementation of peace agreements Minsk and support the actions of the Ukrainian authorities for their completion. – We made it clear that the Minsk agreement is not a restaurant menu and Russia alone can not decide which records will be performed and which do not – he stressed.
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February 12 in the capital of Belarus agreed a ceasefire agreement between the Ukrainian side and the pro-Russian separatists, providing for, among others, cease-fire, the withdrawal of heavy weapons, the creation of a buffer zone, followed by elections in Donbass and Ukraine to recover control over this part of the border with Russia, which currently control the separatists.
OSCE: the Donbass returned Grad launchers
According to the deputy head of the special mission of the monitoring Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Alexander Hug, in the Donbas, despite the peace agreements with Minsk, used Grad rocket launchers prohibited. He added that heavy weapons, which should be withdrawn beyond the dividing line between the parties to the conflict, using both Ukrainian troops and separatist forces.
– OSCE notes several hundred shellings every day. In particular, on May 2 in Donetsk we could hear gunshots from Hailstones, which led to casualties among the civilian population. I want to point out that we heard gunshots from Hailstones for the first time since the adoption in mid-February, the Minsk second package of agreements – drew attention to Hug. He pointed out that Grady are used in the Donbas at least since the end of April, when fired from their positions Ukrainian forces near the town of Hranitne in the Donetsk region.
The deputy head of the monitoring mission of the OSCE special stressed that the envoys of the Organization are concerned about the intensity of the fighting in the village of Szyrokyne near Mariupol. – In the last few weeks, a special monitoring mission observed that access to the region is limited, every day there comes to shellings and you will see significant movements of military forces. Unfortunately, these shootings often reach beyond the boundaries of “hot” zones – he said.
The OSCE representative also said that the deteriorated situation in the uncontrolled crossing Ukraine’s border with Russia. – Until recently we had, albeit irregular, access to some passages, but in the last 10 days it has changed, especially in the Luhansk region, where access to the border was limited for us – he said.
President Ukraine: Russian threat grows
– the Donbas pro-Russian forces, backed by weapons and equipment from Russia, counting over 40 thousand. militants, and on the Russian side of the border focused more than 50 thousand. soldiers of the regular army – said on Wednesday the President of Ukraine. – It is one and a half times more than in July 2014. Shotgun, which hangs on the wall, sooner or later shoot. This principle applies not only to ordinary theater, but the theater of war – pointed to Petro Poroshenko.
The head of Ukrainian state said that the threat of attack makes out focus should be on regrouping forces and increase defense capabilities in the coastal area Sea of Azov. It runs along the shortest route overland from Russia through occupied by it since last year Crimea. Under international law the peninsula belongs to Ukraine.
Talking about the design of the new security strategy, Poroshenko stressed that it should be based on close cooperation of Ukraine with NATO and the European Union. – Our strategy is to ensure the possibility of future membership of Ukraine in NATO and devotion to the common security and defense policy of the EU – he said.
In December last year the Ukrainian parliament changed the law on domestic and foreign policy and the Act on security grounds, allowing Ukraine to membership of international military blocs, such as NATO. Earlier, during the reign of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, in Ukraine a law on the status of the state pozablokowego.
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