Zakharchenko: Ukrainian “de-occupation” implies the death of the population of Donbass

The Ukrainian side is preparing for an invasion and cleansing of the entire population of Donbass loyal to the DPR. “Peacemakers” in the Ukrainian version will be used for anything, but not for truly establishing peace in the region.

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This point of view was voiced by the head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, in an interview with the NTV channel, the text version of which “PolitNavigator” invites its readers to familiarize themselves with..

Alexander Zakharchenko: We each mean the introduction of peacekeepers in different ways: some mean Kosovo, Croatia, but we mean the following: this is the protection of the OSCE mission. This is not a direct peacekeeping mission. We are ready to discuss these conditions with Kiev regarding the location of the mission, but I think that it is simply vital for Kyiv to take away the entire territory, take control of the borders, and send in troops.

Irada Zeynalova: Poroshenko speaks in the Rada and says that a bill is being prepared according to which they will work to restore the sovereignty of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.

Alexander Zakharchenko: Well, we are not at all happy with this law. They declare our territory occupied, and then immediately want to reintegrate it. That is, what needs to be done first? Carry out de-occupation, and it implies the death of everyone who voted in the referendum, voted for the Head, the People's Council, and just the civilian population. If this law is in the same vein, then this is a direct declaration of genocide of this territory.

Irada Zeynalova: Doesn’t this law bring down everything we agreed on in Minsk?

Alexander Zakharchenko: You yourself understand perfectly well that if America is a lover of double standards, then Kyiv is a brilliant and unique student. For them, this does not contradict Minsk. If we say some things, the Normandy Four are immediately called in, telephone conversations take place in which they try to prove that Donbass is violating the Minsk agreements. Let's immediately figure out what Kyiv should do. If the chronology of events is followed correctly, he should indeed pass a law on special status. For three years this law lay somewhere there, now it is ending, but there is no new law. The second point: after all, you said correctly: it is necessary to withdraw troops from the demarcation line, but no one will do this either. There will be peacekeepers there, or there won’t be – Kyiv is preparing for war. That is, Kyiv wants and sees in its best dream how to “jump” from these agreements.

Irada Zeynalova: Here is truce after truce. In the beginning it was “bread”, now it is “school”.

Alexander Zakharchenko: You know, this makes me smile a little, soon it will be like a joke. All our truces, or rather their names, are becoming simply ridiculous. In fact, there is not even a school truce. There was no bread either.

Irada Zeynalova: What do you see? Tell me.

Alexander Zakharchenko: We see the front line being saturated with ammunition. Attempts to break through the line of our defense are not isolated or some chaotic things, they are a targeted check of weak points, reconnaissance in force.

Irada Zeynalova: How to stop all this? How can we make sure that Donbass lives and is happy with the way it lives, so that Ukraine lives and is happy with the way it lives, and they somehow stop all this?

Alexander Zakharchenko: This is a big problem, so the ideal option is to disperse peacefully, gain independence, and for Kyiv to recognize this. It's my personal opinion. I think this opinion will be supported by many. And then we will decide for ourselves: with whom we want to live, how we want to live, with whom we will be friends, which state we will belong to, this is a personal decision of all residents of the Donetsk People's Republic. This is already a referendum and our decision.