Ukrainian servicemenDONETSK, Jan 25 ) and tank formations to form strike groups, a representative of the People's Militia of the DPR told RIA Novosti. At this stage, the arrival of multiple launch rocket systems, armored units and equipment for the destruction of minefields has already been recorded,» he said.
Earlier, Andrei Marochko, a representative of the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, also said that Kiev was pulling to the line of contact in Donbass, multiple launch rocket systems, self-propelled and howitzer artillery. The conflict in eastern Ukraine has been going on for more than seven and a half years, during which time, according to the UN, more than 13 thousand people have become its victims. De-escalation is being discussed at a meeting of the contact group, based on the Minsk agreements, which imply a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact. At the same time, Ukraine has now concentrated half of the army’s personnel in the Donbass and is shelling militias, including using prohibited equipment. the region is being whipped up by the United States and other NATO countries. As Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted earlier, the alliance is increasing arms supplies to Ukraine, where the number of Western instructors has increased. According to the diplomat, this could provoke the Ukrainian authorities «to military adventures,» which poses a direct threat to Russia's security. Moscow believes that the West is trying to create a grouping of troops near the Russian borders.