The President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that it was important to avoid any actions and steps, which have escalated tensions in Ukraine.
"in terms of the unsettled situation in the South-East of Ukraine, without a doubt, it is very important to avoid any actions and steps, which have escalated tensions that will become, shall we say, in one series of provocative actions, the lack of which, unfortunately, we do not observe from Kiev ", - said Peskov, commenting on the decision of the Verkhovna Rada to adopt a law allowing the actual NATO presence in Ukraine.
He noticed that mainly now need to focus on implementing the Minsk agreements." This in the capital of Russia expect more, "said Sands, RIA" Novosti ". Peskov, answering the question whether the head of the country to exercise their right to ask the Federation Council to allow him the use of force abroad, said the President of the Russian Federation may use any of your constitutional right." a Manager can use his any constitutional right. It's his right, " - said Peskov. Before Thursday, the deputies of the Ukrainian Parliament approved a law allowing the admission of foreign military in the country if they perform operations on maintenance of peace and Security due to the decisions of the UN or the EU. First Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Gennady Gatilov said that the UN Secretary-General ban Ki-moon in conversation with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko did not give any promises on the deployment of peacekeepers in the Donbass. Along with this, ban Ki-moon in conversation with Poroshenko reminded that the decision to send a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine is obliged to accept the UN security Council. April 16, Russia's envoy to the OSCE Andrey Kelin said that at the moment no need for peacekeepers in the Donbass. In addition, according to k?lin, action near Shirokino Ukraine and Donetsk say about the fact that Kiev is deliberately undermines the work of the Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine, promoting the idea of UN peacekeepers.

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