NATO does not see a military solution in the Donbass, condemns the escalation

In NATO, the military solution to fall in Ukraine does not happen and persuading all parties to the conflict without delay efforts to address the situation in Accordance With Minsk agreement, said the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Jens Stoltenberg on the results of the extraordinary meeting of the Commission Ukraine-NATO.

In the Alliance again placed the responsibility for the deteriorating situation in the Donbass in militias." We condemn the sharp escalation of violence along the ceasefire line in the East of Ukraine by the separatists, which supports RF. This all has implications for Residents, " said Mr Stoltenberg. In his vision, the shelling of Mariupol was produced in the territory controlled by the militia.

on the first day of the weekend, the Ukrainian Military announced the firing of Mariupol, accusing him of being a militia. During the shelling of the Eastern district, died 30 citizens of Mariupol, about 90 were damaged health. The self-proclaimed militia Donetsk national Republic, for its part, said that the forces of the militia in the district of Mariupol no artillery systems, which could fire at this area. According to the messenger of the headquarters of the militia DND, the firing was from the area of the " Old Crimea ", where the Ukrainian Military, and It has the ability to be a provocation.

"We urge all parties without delay to continue (to do) all efforts to achieve a peaceful solution in full compliance With Minsk arrangements," said Mr Stoltenberg. According to him, all agree that " a military solution to the fall in Ukraine does not happen ".

Stoltenberg again subjected to the accusation of the Russian Federation in support of the militia, without providing concrete evidence." in recent weeks Russia has supplied hundreds of units of modern equipment, including missile systems, heavy equipment, tanks, armored vehicles and electronic weapons, " he says.

Moscow has stated many times that the statement as if the presence of the Russian military men in the Donbass unsubstantiated - no one until now not able to present concrete facts, despite repeated accusations. Russia thus has repeatedly stated that not privy to the events in Eastern Ukraine and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.

the Russian defense Ministry called statements as if the Russian military in Ukraine nonsense. The Ministry noted that the regular "hot air" about as if the presence of Russian military power in Ukraine was not and no facts. The Russian defense Ministry also many times reported that not supplying the militia military equipment, ammunition and other assistance.


Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat citizens of the region. According to the summary data, the victims of the conflict were 4, 8 thousands of civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, and among them fired residential areas of Donetsk.


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