The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the first day of the weekend during his working trip to Nikolaev area found out military exercises on the range " Wide all right ", said the press Secretary of the head of the country Svyatoslav tsigalko.

"Near Nikolayev continue military exercises" Wide all right, " wrote Tsigalko in his own microblog on Twitter.

according to the press-Secretary of highly mobile airborne troops of Ukraine Elena Kuplennikov, participation in exercises will be 79th and 95th separate airmobile brigade, and one battalion of the 25th airborne brigade.

"the exercises will take part more than 3 thousand soldiers highly mobile landing troops. About 400 units of armored vehicles and mobile equipment, as well as among them, army aviation, and engineering branches of the land forces of Ukraine ", - quotes the expression Kuplennikov local site " Nikvesti ".

Kuplennikov said that during the exercise are expected to be practicing offensive operations, support aircraft and adjusting artillery.

The purpose of tactical exercises is to achieve a common understanding of the process of fighting with the light of the experience gained in the area of power special operations in the Donbass.

Operation in Eastern Ukraine held since April of last year. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people.


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.

Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of the "silence" and report that conduct only return fire. Kiev is considering an appeal to the UN and the EU on the introduction of peacekeepers in Donbass.

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 full text of the Minsk agreements "

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