MFA: Half of the entire Ukrainian army has been deployed to Donbass
The Russian Foreign Ministry expresses concern over a possible exacerbation of the military conflict in the Donbass, which could be provoked by the Ukrainian side. At the moment, there is a gathering of manpower and combat equipment Armed forces of Ukraine.
According to some reports, the number of troops in the conflict zone has already reached 125 thousand people, and this is half of the entire composition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- emphasized the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova during the briefing.
At the same time, Moscow is concerned about the de facto refusal of the Kiev authorities from a peaceful settlement of the situation and the refusal to conduct a dialogue with the militia of Donetsk and Lugansk. Instead, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are increasing their presence on the line of contact, which suggests Kiev's desire to "pacify" eastern Ukraine by military means. Thus, the OSCE mission records multiple violations of the ceasefire in this region - the Ukrainian army uses heavy weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements.
Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, noted the danger of the transfer of NATO military equipment to the eastern borders of the western bloc. In addition, the group of forces of the North Atlantic Alliance in the Black Sea is being strengthened. According to Lavrov, one of the US goals is to "master" Ukraine militarily and to probe the situation in case the conflict in Donbass goes into a hot phase.
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