The discharge of heavy artillery will begin in the Donbass after 26 December
The discharge of heavy equipment in the Donbass will begin After December 26 to create a 30-kilometer security zone, said the Commissioner of the General staff of Ukraine major-General Alexander Rasmusson.
" We are working on unconditional implementation of the Minsk Memorandum. the 1st stage is the adherence of silence. After December 26, will transition to the next stage - allocation of artillery systems with a caliber of 100 mm or more at the prescribed distance. So, will create a 30-kilometer security zone " - quoted in Thursday of major-General press service of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine.
Rosmarin participates in the work of the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire and stabilization of the line of separation of the parties in the Donbass.
according to his statement, Authorized by the OSCE mission will observe the Withdrawal of heavy weapons at distances that are defined in Minsk agreements.
" a common center in cooperation with the OSCE mission and the groups that are placed on the area of the zones and sectors, begin to assist in patrolling, the protocols of the violations, if any, will be. This is necessary for possible prosecution of any of the parties in case of breach of the Memorandum, " said Rasmusson.
On the morning of December 9, in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. The OSCE December 16, informed that representatives of the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk national republics began to take heavy equipment in some areas. The General staff of the military might of Ukraine said that the Military would begin the Withdrawal of heavy weapons from the contact line with the positions of the militia After the complete cessation of fire.
numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local residents to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language.