The head of the defense Ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Vladimir Kononov during the opening of the obelisk of lost soldiers in the village of Komsomolskoye told reporters that the army DND, defeat of the Ukrainian security forces in the event of an escalation of the conflict, informs " ".

Kononov said that the military power of the Republic will be enough heavy equipment to the defence of their own territories.

"We are trying to involve in the conflict. But they (soldiers in Ukraine) don't understand one thing. If this happens, we just ridge will break down. Especially after the Victory parade. You see, we only put in 3 tanks with 2 tank battalions, it was shown only a few platoons ", - said the head of the Ministry of defence DND.


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. It is envisaged that they will start operating already in the middle of may.

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