The commander of the army in the European Union Lieutenant General Frederick Ben Hodges was subjected to charges of the Russian Federation in the intervention in the conflict in the East of Ukraine.

"the amount of ammunition and the type of equipment it is Clear that in the area of Debaltsevo is direct military intervention of Russia ", - quotes the expression of the American General, who on Wednesday visited NATO base in the Polish Szczecin.

Hodges also said that at the border line with the Eastern Ukraine are concentrated ten battalions of Russian military power.

Moscow has stated many times about the non-involvement in the events in the South-East of Ukraine, denied the charges in the supply of the militia, military equipment and ammunition. Russian Commissioners were assured that the Russian Federation is not a party to domestic conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis, maintain territorial integrity. With his hand Authorized self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics reported that the weapons with which they fight, repulsed by the Ukrainian security services.


The situation in the Donbass very quickly escalated in January, then as the Ukrainian Military, taking advantage of the truce and building up forces in the South-East of the country, began to storm the position of the militia, starting With. the General staff of Ukraine said that " the Ukrainian army has enough personnel and equipment to deal the final blow ". While the chief of staff Viktor Murzenko, despite the many times heard before the attacks against the capital of Russia, admitted that the departments of the Russian army within the country there.

After a sharp increase in the number of victims among the civilian population militia told about what to protect yourself shelling of residential areas.

One of the most hot spots of conflict between the security forces and militias in the Donbass was Debaltsevo, the area in which the environment gets larger grouping of the Ukrainian military. See the Last photo service covers newsworthy news

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