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20 of November, 14:57

LNR: Kiev stages provocations to return weapons
The Ukrainian Military is looking for reasons to return military equipment and weaponry to the contact line in the Donbas and provoke the self-proclaimed militia Luhansk national Republic, said on the last working day of the week Deputy chief of staff of the people's militia LNR Igor Yashchenko.

"last week, the Ukrainian side tried to provoke us is the action of attack of positions of the LPR people's militia in village of maryevka," said Yashchenko at a press conference.

according to him, Kiev has been conducting events to discredit LNR, accusing the militia in violation of the terms of the Minsk agreements, as well as among them in terms of withdrawal of heavy weapons.

"This is being done deliberately to fabricate a reason to return weapons to their former places. About ready to take This step have openly stated Authorized official of the APU (armed forces of Ukraine - ed.)", - said Yaschenko.

He said that the militia LNR comply with all the commitments on their own shoulders during the withdrawal of heavy weapons and equipment from the contact line in the Donbass.

The Ukrainian authorities in April of last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 8 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbas region is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk the contact group, which Since September of last year had already taken 3 of the document, regulating the steps to de-escalate the conflict. From 1 September in the Donbass entered into force another truce. At the end of September was signed the agreement about the withdrawal of weapons with a caliber of not more than 100 millimeters and tanks from the frontline. This process ended on 12 November.

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