The Ukrainian Military are preparing a series of provocations in Mariupol, Volnovakha and Maryinka may 9, told reporters Deputy commander of the headquarters of the militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Eduard Bacurin.

"according to our intelligence, the Ukrainian Military are preparing a provocation in Mariupol, Volnovakha and Maryinka. The organization of these provocations took upon his own shoulders the volunteer battalions "Azov" and " Donbass ", - he said.

first in the Ministry of defence DND stated that Kiev is preparing for may 9 provocations in Donetsk. They also stressed that the Ukrainian saboteurs would like to use the symbolism of the DNI, to accuse the self-proclaimed Authorities of Donetsk national Republic in the war.

The self-proclaimed head of the Donetsk national Republic Alexander Zakharchenko said that the militia has everything in order to defend their land ".

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 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbas 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.

The last document is dated 12 February - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a security zone, obliges 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 working sub-groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict. It is envisaged that they will start operating already in the middle of may.

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