Monday, February 16, 2015

Donetsk republic says no weaponry withdrawal until Kiev stops shellings

The self-proclaimed Donetsk people’s republic is not planning to pull back heavy weaponry until Kiev troops halt shellings, the deputy commander of the DPR’s Defense Ministry’s corps, Eduard Basurin, said on Monday...
"Under the Minsk memorandum, the armament withdrawal may take place in certain conditions, including after the full ceasefire and you see what is happening at the airport and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are again shelling the airport’s territory and the adjacent areas," Basurin said.

"The heavy weaponry withdrawal starts only after the ceasefire. And if the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not stop shellings, which come in violation of the Minsk agreements, the DPR militias will not pull back their weaponry," Basurin was quoted by the Donetsk news agency as saying.

The agency reported that earlier on Monday a group of thirty journalists at the airport witnessed shelling carried out from Kiev’s positions. Donetsk republic’s envoy to the Contact Group, Denis Pushilin, in an interview with the Russian News Service blamed the shellings on those units that are not subordinate to the Kiev authorities. Pushilin stressed that militias would not open fire first................. http://tass.ru/en/world/777847
16/2/15
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    “The withdrawal of troops from Debaltsevo is underway as planned and organized,” Semenchenko wrote, adding: “All of the stories about the control over Logvinovo turned out to be fairy tales and the pumpkin didn’t turn into a carriage.”

    Ukrainian military commanders have ditched the city of Debaltsevo, leaving regular Ukrainian troops demoralized, the head of the eastern Ukrainian self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic's administration said Wednesday.....................http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150218/1018413743.html#ixzz3S5Sw7Fmv
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  2. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has offered guarantees on pullout of Ukrainian government troops and military hardware from eastern Ukraine's Debaltsevo...

    "We are prepared to not just act as mediators, but to decently put an end to this conflict near Debaltsevo and promote the pullout of Ukrainian troops from there against the security of our guarantees they will never be fighting again," Lukashenko said at a meeting with the head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Suma Chakrabarti on Wednesday..........................http://tass.ru/en/world/778339
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