Mine named Valadarski street in the Donetsk region, where is situated the largest stockpiles of weapons in Eastern Ukraine, according to one version was mined at the instruction of Kyiv authorities said Last news Deputy chief of militia of Donbass Sergey Tsyplakov.
" There is reliable information from workers of mine that it is mined, " said Tsyplakov by phone from Donetsk. According to him, the supporters of federalization have serious problems with weapons, but, anyway, They are not intended to seize the stocks.
" in no weapons. The junta is aware of the mood of the people, and she just from here took out all the weapons. There are weapons only on mine Volodarskaya in Artemovsk, but first, she carefully guarded - There is a very large forces, towers with snipers and so on, And secondly - densely mined, it is impossible to take. In the case of taking it would simply explode, " said Commissioner of the people's militia.
on mine of a name Valadarski street since the Soviet times are stored in a large accumulation of the weapon of times of the First and Second world wars. According to experts, There is a possibility to be between 1 to 3 million units of weapons. By the end of March the entrance to the mine was blocked by the self-defense activists of Donetsk, to prevent the export of weapons by forces of the Ministry of defense and the National guard of Ukraine. At the end of April the roadblock self-defense tried to take paratroopers, but the attack was repulsed.
" The mine guards spetsnaz. And leave mine blocked by a barricade, and its control over the protesters. From this location tried vans to transport weapons. There, in the case of alarm was going a few hundred people, and stopped these trucks. Has the ability to be, helicopters slightly taken There, but this is the minimum helicopter many not taken away, " said Tsyplakov.
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numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. It has been the response of local citizens at the forcible change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law, giving the Russian language regional status. The center of confrontation between Pro-Russian-minded people with the government in Kiev has become the Donbass. About that, how is the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.
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