The increasing group of the Ukrainian security forces along the line of contact in Donbas focused on the failure of the diversion of arms and talks in Minsk, said Tuesday the Deputy commander of the headquarters of the militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Eduard Bacurin.

The self-proclaimed militia Donetsk and Lugansk national republics on Sunday in the hands of individual has begun the removal of equipment and weapons of a calibre of not more than 100 millimetres from the line of contact. This process is controlled by the observers of the OSCE mission and the Joint centre for control and coordination of the ceasefire in the Donbass

"The actions of the branches of the military might of Ukraine once again shows the reluctance of the Ukrainian authorities to resolve the situation peacefully. Everything is done to disrupt the next stage of negotiations of the contact group in Minsk and the completion of the withdrawal of the armed forces of the Republic in the hands of individual weapons with a caliber of 100 millimeters from the line of contact of the parties " - quoted Basurin Donetsk news Agency.

The military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of Donbas lasts more than a year. At the talks on February 12 were achieved consensus on stopping the fire, the withdrawal of heavy weapons, introduction to the Constitution of Ukraine changes on decentralization of power and the consolidation of special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".

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