Latvian foreign Minister: the Diversion of arms on both sides of the conflict in Ukraine is not full
The European Union has information about the withdrawal of heavy weapons by both sides of the confrontation in the Donbass, But the technique is not fully allocated, said Minister of foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgars rink?vi?s after a two-day meeting of Ministers of foreign Affairs of the EU countries. "We took the data about the diversion of arms. This is done on both sides - the Ukrainian army and the separatists (in the West as a militia - approx. OPINION). But the output is not complete, "said Rinkevich, RIA" Novosti ". First it was claimed that the soldiers of the militia of the Donetsk national Republic on the first day of the weekend will take mortars from the line of contact of the parties in the presence of employees of the OSCE mission. However, on the last working day of the week in the evening Kiev at the time stopped the diversion of arms because that appears to the host of issues. At the same time according to the intelligence Donetsk national Republic, Kiev rather carries out the rotation of the heavy weapons, but not removes equipment from the line of contact of the parties. Remember, 1st stage drain 100-millimeter guns "rapier" Ukrainian military launched on 26 February and was completed on 2 March. The second phase of allotment of units "acacia" began on Wednesday, March 4. March 1, forces DND and LNR announced the full withdrawal of their heavy weapons from the contact line. However, the OSCE said that do not have the opportunity to verify the removal of the weapons in the Donbass due to the lack of data.