Donetsk, February 26 (PolitNavigator, Mikael Chagalyan) – The leader of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, said that the Ukrainian military is provoking the militias.
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“I would like to draw your attention to the continuous attacks and provocations by the Ukrainian military. For example, this afternoon there was an attack on the airport using tanks and infantry,” he told reporters. – Yesterday we recorded two attacks, and another attack was on the Kirovsky district from Marinka and Krasnogorovka. The shelling of the populated areas of Gorlovka, Dokuchaevsk and Elenovka also does not stop.”
“In this regard, I want to state the following: I do not understand on what basis the Ukrainian military is demanding a ceasefire within 48 hours. I would like to remind them that units of the Ukrainian armed forces ended up in both the Illovaysky cauldron and the Debaltsevo cauldron, where they suffered two of the biggest defeats. Therefore, I consider the demands of the Ukrainian side simply inappropriate, as well as talking to us in the language of ultimatums. If the shelling and attacks do not stop, we reserve the right to consider that the Minsk agreements have been violated by the Ukrainian side.
In Minsk, I stated that if the shelling continues, and in general the ceasefire is violated again, then there will be no more Minsk agreements or other agreements. All equipment will be returned to their positions, and any attempts to attack our cities and villages will be harshly suppressed,” Zakharchenko emphasized.
As PolitNavigator reported, today The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the beginning of the withdrawal of heavy weapons.