In the Donbas conflict escalates. The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics led his troops in full combat readiness. This was stated by the head of DNR Denis Pushilin. According to him, Ukraine over 250 times violated the ceasefire regime from the beginning of the month, which led to casualties among the civilian population. The representative of Ukraine at the talks in Minsk Leonid Kuchma urgently collects the meeting.
According to Pushilin, the Ukrainian side is actively implementing Minsk agreements prohibited weapons, including heavy artillery. Under fire were the inhabitants of settlements Spartacus, Sahanka, Oleksandrivka and Elenovka. “Only 19 days of may killed a woman and 11 people were injured of varying severity. The reports of the OSCE SMM confirms that all civilian casualties are residents of the Republic”, – said the head of DND. He stressed that the self-proclaimed republics can’t “endlessly to show the peacefulness unilaterally” in a time when citizens suffer.
As stated by Deputy head of the militia Eduard Bacurin, in units installed around the clock, guarded strategic facilities, headquarters and command centers, there are additional posts and organized patrols. In addition, military personnel on grounds and in the areas of teaching returned to their garrisons, and the personnel were recalled from vacations and business trips. Weapons and military equipment transferred to fighting condition.
a Day earlier, on 19 may, the head of the LC Leonid beekeeper has released a video message to the Ukrainian President calling for an end to the shelling of settlements and civilian infrastructure. According to him, on 16 may, the Ukrainian military damaged power lines “Mikhaylovka – Communard”, which had a number of social facilities and residential sector. And then, despite the agreement to provide security, APU fired twice repair crew, ustranyatsya consequences.
in the samoprovzglashenny republics to the statements of the leadership reacted calmly. According to Donbass journalist Konstantin Dolgov, nothing special in the decision to lead troops in combat readiness no. “Well, increased readiness, and improved. So what? Nothing serious will not” – he said “MK”.
the statements of the leaders of the breakaway republics, coincided with the anniversary of the inauguration Zelensky. He presented himself as a President that will bring long-awaited peace to the East of the country. He really managed to achieve some success: continued an exchange of prisoners, at several sites held breeding troops. But in the last month of the Contact group failed to agree not only on subsequent withdrawal of the howling��to, but on cessation of the attacks. Last week, the new composition of the Ukrainian group and did disrupt Minsk talks.
But how to assess a situation experts:
Vadim Karasyov, Director of Ukrainian “Institute of global strategies”:
– the Donetsk and Luhansk are trying to say that Zelensky has not solved the problem in the Donbas and has not fulfilled his campaign promise to establish peace in Ukraine. This is purely a propaganda move. Of course, the firefight was, but there is quite a large element of propaganda. As for the Minsk talks, then there have to be lenient, since quarantine have restricted opportunities. In defense Zelensky want to say that he’s trying to negotiate, and not imitate them, as did Poroshenko. The status of the delegation was quite unrepresentative. Today there and the Deputy Prime Minister, Ministers, chairmen of committees of the Verkhovna Rada. Zelensky has not yet found a solution for the elections in the Donbass, but the fact that he is not engaged in imitation – it is also necessary to recognize.
Kirill Molchanov, Kyiv analyst:
– This is not the first and unfortunately not the last exacerbation. Zelensky said that Kuchma urgently assembles a meeting. The fact that this is not a provocation, says at least the fact that usually the attacks happen before the meetings in Minsk, and not after..Zelensky said that after the quarantine will resume meeting in the “channel form”, but it is now hardly possible, because no arrangements are made the Paris summit. So far, everything suggests that there is no achievements. The President’s statement about the plan “B” — more like a bluff, because the situation is not solved for a year. So while, to be honest, leaves more questions than answers.
