The United States believes that the Minsk agreement are violated by both sides of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, However, in their vision, the militia in the Donbass do it much more often than Kiev, said the official authorized state Department United States Jeff the Mini.
Confessing that he is not familiar With these reports, the American diplomat claimed that " a Large number of violations of the Minsk agreements on the separatists have (so official Washington calls the militia) ".
When reporters asked whether that meant that the violations exist and from Kiev, Ratke said, "Right," but immediately added that in most cases this is done by the other side. However, he said that, in the opinion of the United States, "the Ukrainian government is committed to implementing the Minsk agreements," reports the news Agency. We emphasize that Jen Psaki, who served as the official envoy of the state Department of the United States was accused of violating the Minsk agreements only militia Donetsk and Lugansk national republics. First on Wednesday the Deputy head of the headquarters of the militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Eduard Bacurin stated that under fire of the Ukrainian military in Donbas over the past day lost his life five civilians and two militiamen, eleven people were injured health. Also, Ukrainian media reported that the military wing of the Ukrainian radical group Right sector* " whose activity is prohibited in the Russian Federation, captured during the battle near Donetsk son of one of the commanders of the militia of the Donetsk national Republic. Since mid-April last year, the Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine "special operation" to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. The military actively used heavy machinery and military aircraft and helicopters. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand People. With fifteen February, the parties to the conflict in the Donbass declared a truce, under agreements concluded in Minsk after almost 16 hours of negotiations. However, despite the control system of the ceasefire, for the last time period shelling in Eastern Ukraine again became frequent.
* Organization, relative to which a court has adopted the legally effective conclusion Of destruction or prohibition of the activities on the grounds stipulated by the Federal law "On countering extremist activity"

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