Basurin: when increasing attacks will act at its discretion

The authorities of the self-proclaimed DNR reserves the right to act at its discretion " if the situation with the shelling of residential areas from the security forces will deteriorate, told reporters Deputy commander of the headquarters of the militia DND Eduard Bacurin.

first he said that Kiev is stepping up its forces in the Donbas and uses the truce to prepare for the fights. Systems "Grad" and "Hurricane" were seen in the area of settlements Velikonovoselkovsky and Olginka, in the vicinity of the residential settlement theotokion seen the best systems " Smerch ", he said.

"The head of the Republic gave a presentation on this issue (about the increasing attacks - ed.): we reserve the right, if the situation will become tougher and attacks will be more will suffer the civilians, the Head of the Republic will take appropriate decision," - said Basurin on the first day of the week.

He also added that the points of the Minsk agreements provide for such actions." by the first Minsk agreements of September 19, there were four items for which was allowed to return fire. One of these points is the death of civilians and the shelling of urban neighborhoods. So the Minsk consensus here nobody breaks", he added.


first Deputy chief of staff of the people's militia of the self-proclaimed LNR Igor Yashchenko said that the militias do not respond to the provocations of the Ukrainian military, however, Also clarified that in case of continuation of the Military have the opportunity to receive " an adequate response ".

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat citizens 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 meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev Authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read

the results of the last meeting of the contact group 6 may present turned out to form four working sub-groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict.


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