The intention of the US to give weapons to Kiev violates the Minsk agreement, it is a "defensive weapon" has the ability to be aimed at civilian towns of Donbass, said Last news on Tuesday, the self-proclaimed head of the Donetsk national Republic Alexander Zakharchenko.

last Sunday the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that North America adopted an opinion on the transfer of new models Kiev defensive weapons.

"Washington is well aware of, because it is "defensive weapons" will be aimed at civilian towns of Donbass, but in the end it would stop funding and arming the neo-Nazis. By and large, supplies of weapons to the APU (armed forces of Ukraine - ed.) is a violation of the Minsk agreements and blatant disregard for international agreements, " - said Zakharchenko.

He added that the militia DND ready to repel any danger." Army DND in actual combat has proven its fighting capacity and preparedness to repel any external threat. If on arms of VSU will arise the new American weapons to be used against us, I am sure, soon this weapon will be trophies of the army of the Donetsk national Republic, as has happened many times. Well, the fact that Kiev is using the ceasefire to strengthen the army, was never in doubt, and to the promises Obama (U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama - ed.)", - said Zakharchenko.

The Ukrainian authorities in April of last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 8 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbas region is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk the contact group, which since September of last year had already taken 3 of the document, regulating the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

at the meeting of the contact group, which took place on 26 August in Minsk, the parties to the conflict agreed on the need to achieve a ceasefire in the Donbass on September 1. The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's September 13, summed up in practice, full compliance with the ceasefire regime in the Donbas since the end of August this year.

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