The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is sure to provide peace in Donbas work because of a strong army, the diplomatic efforts of countries and international support.

"It is a strong army together with the diplomatic efforts of Ukraine and together with the solidarity and unity of the world give me the confidence that we can provide peace in the Donbass, despite plans to attack Ukraine in the summer," said Poroshenko in an interview to Ukrainian TV channels on Thursday night.

according to his statement, the number of Ukrainian military in the area of special operations is currently around 50 thousand." today I have everything to win the war in the East ", - said the head.

however, Moscow has stated many times that is not a party to domestic conflict, does not support the militia and not sending troops in the Donbass. Kiev continues to accuse Russia of "military aggression" and occasionally "finds" in the East of Ukraine and in the border areas of Russia, some Russian military units, although international observers in the process of regular inspections have never found any undeclared military activity.

experts had previously said that the Ukrainian Authorities are trying to blame the Russian Federation "aggression" to "blame" for the failures of their policies, as well as among them at international level, as well as to justify military operations in the Donbass.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 2 thousand people.

The settlement of the situation in the Donbass were discussed, and among them, in the process meeting in Minsk of the contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev Authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read

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