"The situation in Ukraine is not good right now," US Air Force General Philip Breedlove told reporters in Vilnius. "Basically, we have ceasefire in name only."
"The number of events, and the number of rounds fired and the artillery used across the past few days match some of the pre-cease-fire levels. The ceasefire is still there in name, but what is happening on the ground is quite a different story."
Breedlove said he hopes a memorandum signed on Saturday for the withdrawal of heavy weapons, including artillery, and all foreign fighters from a 30 km-wide buffer zone will help calm the situation.
Speaking after a meeting of chiefs of defense of NATO countries, Breedlove, who is NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, and commander of US forces in Europe, said Russia has moved some of its forces inside Ukraine to the south to bring pressure on the port city of Mariupol.
Asked whether Russia's objective is linking up with its forces in Crimea along the Ukrainian coast, he said: "I would not speculate on what their intention is, but they certainly have put in place a military capability to take action along that coast if they chose to do it."
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/NATO-Ukraine-ceasefire-is-in-name-only-375882
20/9/14
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There are no Russian troops in Ukraine, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Saturday.
“Some of the provisions in the decision…, including those concerning this issue, have nothing to do with reality. There are no Russian troops in Ukraine. Besides, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has no mandate or instruments to issue judgements on such matters, let alone ‘acknowledge’ anything,” Lukashevich said.
He said the Russian representative’s demands that the accusations be backed up with facts had been ignored.
Russia regards the decision “as dictated to the Committee of Ministers from the outside and pushed through by the ideologised arithmetic majority”, he said.
Lukashevich said the decision “ignores the main issue - the responsibility of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers for the stubborn refusal of the Ukrainian authorities to stop the mass violation of the rules of the European Convention on Human Rights and investigate, in accordance with these rules, the tragic events that claimed numerous human lives”.....................http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/750524
20/9/14
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Ответ официального представителя МИД России А.К.Лукашевича на вопрос агентства «Интерфакс» относительно решения КМСЕ по Украине...
ReplyDeleteВопрос: Каково отношение российской стороны к решению Комитета министров Совета Европы от 17 сентября с.г., в котором содержатся «признание присутствия российских войск на территории Украины и призыв к России обеспечить их вывод»?
Ответ: Ряд положений решения Комитета министров Совета Европы (КМСЕ) от 17 сентября с.г., в т.ч. по упомянутому вопросу, не имеют ничего общего с действительностью. Российские войска на территории Украины не находятся.
К тому же КМСЕ не обладает ни мандатом, ни инструментарием для того, чтобы выносить суждения по таким вопросам, тем более что-то «признавать».
Все призывы российского представителя к партнерам в ходе заседания КМСЕ подтвердить фактами свои голословные обвинения и домыслы относительно ситуации на Украине оставлены без внимания.
Рассматриваем упомянутые пассажи принятого текста как продиктованные Комитету министров извне и продавленные идеологизированным арифметическим большинством при голосовании.
В решении проигнорировано главное – ответственность КМСЕ за упорный отказ украинских властей прекратить массовое попрание в этой стране норм Европейской конвенции о правах человека (ЕКПЧ), в т.ч. расследовать в соответствии с ее нормами трагические события, унесшие большое число человеческих жизней.
В силу этих причин упомянутое решение КМСЕ ничтожно, имеет лишь пропагандистское значение для его авторов, которые не стесняются злоупотреблять высоким авторитетом Комитета министров Совета Европы в своих попытках сорвать хрупкий процесс национального примирения на Украине.
http://www.mid.ru/brp_4.nsf/newsline/05872AE7D2452EA844257D59002CFBDB
20/9/14
Nato's most senior military commander has said the ceasefire between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists currently exists 'in name only'.
ReplyDeleteGen Philip Breedlove said the numbers of artillery rounds fired recently was comparable to periods before the truce came into effect two weeks ago.
He added, however, that he was "hopeful" about a new agreement signed in the early hours of Saturday.
Ukraine accuses Russia of arming separatists, but Russia denies this.
More than 3,000 people have died in fighting in two eastern regions since April.
A truce was agreed on 5 September but there have been repeated violations since then.
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Gen Breedlove, Nato's supreme allied commander in Europe, was speaking after a meeting with Nato military chiefs in Vilnius, Lithuania.
"The situation in Ukraine is not good right now," he told reporters.
"The number of events, and the number of rounds fired and the artillery used across the past few days match some of the pre-ceasefire levels. The ceasefire is still there in name, but what is happening on the ground is quite a different story," he added.
He said that since last week, some Russian forces inside Ukraine had returned to Russia but remained available to "bring their military force to bear on Ukraine".
Nato has plans to bolster its military presence in countries bordering Russia, including the Baltic states, which used to be part of the Soviet bloc...................http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29299092
21/9/14
L'Otan envisage d'augmenter le nombre de ses exercices militaires dans les pays baltes, rapportent mardi les agences européennes citant le commandant en chef des forces alliées en Europe, le général américain Philip Breedlove...
ReplyDelete"Le général Breedlove a annoncé que l'Alliance avait l'intention d'intensifier ses exercices dans la région balte", indiquent les médias.
Depuis le début de la crise en Ukraine, l'Alliance atlantique ne cesse de renforcer sa présence dans la région de la mer Baltique. Depuis le 1er mai, la mission Baltic Air Policing chargée de protéger l'espace aérien des pays Baltes a doublé le nombre d'avions déployés en Lituanie, le portant à huit appareils. Elle a également envoyé quatre chasseurs F-16 des forces aériennes danoises en Estonie.........Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2015_01_13/LOtan-intensifiera-ses-exercices-dans-les-pays-Baltes-5774/
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