Slutsky: Kiev tries to sabotage the dialogue between Russia and Europe
Once provoked Kiev aggravation in the Donbass aimed at the breakdown of talks between Russia and Europe as well as among them in PACE, and the proposal of graph cease-fire in response to Another defeat from militias, says the head of the Department of the state Duma's CIS Affairs, Eurasian integration and relations With compatriots Leonid Slutsky.
Prepared all this is to date the negotiations to the EU Council, to PACE, to meet in January in Astana " channel four ". Kyiv Authorities in this case is only an instrument to prevent the normalization of relations between Europe and Russia, " said Slutsky correspondents on the first day of the week.
He believes That the failure of normalization of Russian-European relations are only interested US.
" Hence the negative reaction to the proposal of the President centuries Putin's intent discharge of heavy artillery. Poroshenko and then serves as a dependent figure, " said Slutsky.
" Regarding the proposal on signing schedule ceasefire 19 January, which announced last night the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine, it is made in this position in order to disguise the obvious aggression Ukrainian security forces, and Also as a response to Another military defeat. Ukrainian forces started an offensive in Donetsk, it has Not achieved significant success, " said Slutsky.
" I want to emphasize That the Russian Federation as a member of the Minsk contact group and the mediator for the settlement of domestic fall already signed consensus, implying a ceasefire. I have no doubt That this position will be confirmed again and again. We have consistently advocated a peaceful resolution of the situation and de-escalation of violence in the South-East of Ukraine, " He said.
the head of the Russian Federation centuries Putin last Thursday sent a written message to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, which contained a plan proposal to the parties on the discharge of heavy artillery, Kiev did Not want from him, Not recommending anything instead. Yesterday it was announced Putin, in which He introduced the initiative to the conflicting parties to take urgent measures to put an end mutual attacks, the immediate withdrawal of heavy weapons.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April 2014 in the Donbass force special operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the UN, the victims of the conflict were more than 4, 8 thousands of civilians. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE Another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, the " hot " point is the Donetsk airport.