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16 of June, 13:00

Pushilin: Donbass is on the verge of a major war because of the escalation
Zam. the head of the people's Council DND Denis Putilin believes that due to the worsening situation in the Donbass " we stand on the brink of a major war.

On the 3rd of June, the Ukrainian Military began after the break shelling across the front line. Under their fire was several towns. The General staff of Ukraine recognized that the Ukrainian Military used against the militia near Donetsk heavy equipment, which had previously been allotted to the rear according to the Minsk agreements. Assistant Secretary of state Victoria Nuland have said before, that the Question of supplies Washington lethal weapons to Ukraine.

"currently the situation escalates, and the number of attacks is growing every day, we stand on the brink of a major war. Taking into account the position of the USA, I am not overstating the probability of a war, certainly not nuclear. But a great war is possible, " - said Pushilin.

in his estimation " excellent for the militia would be the entry into the Russian Federation ". He said that the Minsk agreement require a different way out of the situation - a special status." Will this autonomy or will it be called something different-it is a Matter of the future", He said. Pushilin added that his Republic does not wish to be state-dependent and non-stop to rely on humanitarian assistance.

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 were about 6, 5 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

The last document, dated 12 February, except for a ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a security zone, obliges the Authorities of Ukraine to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, on the issue of conduct in local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of Power, as well as on the issue of legislative recognition of special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".
June 3 in the area of Marinci has been a serious battle, the victims of which, according to the UN, became 34. The military has accused the militia in the attack, the same called statements of Kiev speculation. Authorized self-proclaimed republics said that the Ukrainian Military continues to pull to the contact line of heavy equipment and jet systems of volley fire, and the intensity of the attacks increased. The authorities DND and LNR pushing that War had brought heavy weapons to a safe distance, regulated by the Minsk agreements. Read

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