The decision of the U.S. Senate on the delivery of weapons to Ukraine undermines the essence of the Minsk agreements, said correspondents on the last working day of the week head of the state Duma on CIS Affairs Leonid Slutsky.

on Thursday, the U.S. Senate blessed the allocation of military aid to Ukraine in the amount supposedly 300 million dollars. Now the law must be approved by the President of the United States of America Barack Obama.

"The decision of the U.S. Senate undermines the very essence of the Minsk agreements ", - said the people's Deputy.


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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