The self-proclaimed authorities of the DNI will be welcome if the OSCE mission will witness the use of phosphorous weapons in Donbass, But Ukraine asked the OSCE to do what does not apply to their mandate, told Last news the head of the National Council DND Andrey Purgin.
As stated before, Kiev requested the OSCE to test the usage data in the Donbass phosphorous munitions.
"We want the OSCE came and looked at the area of attack, where As if it were recorded phosphoric ammunition. But the fact is that the OSCE has a Supervisory function, and in that moment, when we were fired phosphorous and other incendiary prohibited ammunition, the OSCE has always stated that they do not have the ability to take samples and so on, that is, in fact Ukraine is currently asks OSCE to do what the OSCE can do to mandate that they have, " said Purgin.
according to him, the Authorities DND advocate, if the OSCE will undertake to take any samples, if there is something that the joint Commission ".
"We would be grateful (employees) of the OSCE, if they ever recorded phosphoric ammunition which uses Ukraine, But they, unfortunately, never done it," he said.
before Thursday, the Ukrainian Military told that the village of Sands was fired incendiary shells. Zam. the chief of staff of the militia DND Eduard Bacurin for its part said that the message of security forces is not true. According to him, Kyiv has not given evidence.
in the past year, a non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch published a report that claimed that the Ukrainian government forces used cluster munitions in populated areas of Donetsk in early October. The use of such munitions in populated areas violates the laws of war and may constitute a war crime.
first of many militias have accused security forces in the use of phosphorous bombs. The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow is concerned about reports of the use of the Ukrainian armed forces incendiary bombs.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 2 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed as well as among them during the meeting in Minsk of the contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.
The last document is dated 12 February - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a security zone requires the Authorities of Ukraine to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, on the issue of conduct in local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of Power, as well as on the issue of legislative recognition of special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".
the results of the last meeting of the contact group 6 may present turned out to form four sub-working groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict.
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