Ukrainian servicemen. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 22The self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic observes about 120,000 Ukrainian troops near the line of contact in Donbass, military equipment is constantly entering the area, said the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin. «What we are seeing now directly from the Ukrainian side — about 120 thousand. This is what we see, and those who do not fall under rotational quantitative changes, I mean the stable figure that we have been seeing for three and a half months. Well, around 100 kilometers (from the border with the Russian Federation), plus or minus,” he said on the air of the YouTube channel “Soloviev Live.” “Yes (equipment is constantly coming),” he added. and the LPR, which declared independence after the coup in Kiev in February 2014. According to the latest UN data, about 13 thousand people became victims of the conflict. The issue of resolving the situation in Donbass is being discussed, including during meetings of the contact group. However, even after the ceasefire agreements, skirmishes continue, in the DPR they announced shelling of residential areas by Ukrainian heavy artillery. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev is not complying with the Minsk agreements and is dragging out negotiations to resolve the conflict. Crimea
