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20 of August, 21:02

The U.S. Department of defense has expressed concern about the increased violence in the Donbass
The US sees the situation, which occurs in South-Eastern Ukraine, and are concerned about the increasing violence in the region, said Thursday the Secretary of defense Ashton Carter.
"We are concerned about the level of violence along the line of contact ? approx. OPINION), We are very concerned about his growth. I dont have any predictions on this issue. We are very concerned and We are monitoring the situation in Ukraine very closely ", ? cites the expression on Carter's news Agency.



on Thursday, Deputy permanent envoy of Russia to the OSCE Andrey Rudenko said that Kyiv tightens equipment and weapons to the separation line in the Donbass, it may indicate the preparation of a large-scale provocation. Zam. the chief of staff of the corps of the people's militia LNR Igor Yashchenko said that the intensity of shelling the territory of the Luhansk people's Republic on military power of Ukraine has increased. Wednesday special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE noted the growing number of hotspots in the Donbas, stated about the victims among the civilian population in the territories under control and DND and Kiev. Remember, the July military instructors from the United States and Canada conducted exercises in Ukraine. The head of the United States Barack Obama in July said that he wanted to reject was passed by Congress a draft law on defense spending in fiscal year 2016, which predusmatrivaet the possibility of supplying Ukraine weapons. Along with this amendment on supplying Ukraine with lethal weapons included the Congress of the United States in the draft law of the military budget. As said assistant Secretary United States on the problems of Eurasia and Europe, Victoria Nuland, the United States has the ability to send lethal weapons to Ukraine in the event of a new outbreak of violence in the country. At the same time White house press Secretary Eric Schultz recognized that, in the opinion of the President of the United States Barack Hussein Obama, Ukraine will only lead to more violence.

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