MOSCOW, January 27 Denis Pushilin, head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, said in an interview with Izvestia «that the DPR does not rule out that staged chemical attacks are being prepared in the Donbass, following the example of Syria.
"Ukraine accused us of a chemical leak in Gorlovka. We attribute this to the possibility of staged chemical attacks, as in Syria. Representatives of the OSCE did not confirm the leak, so we hope that Kiev will not apply this scenario", he said.
Pushilin also expressed the hope that Kiev would not agree to this. Earlier, representatives of the United Russia faction in the State Duma appealed to the leadership of the country with a request to provide assistance to the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR in the form of supplies of military products. According to the head of the faction Vladimir Vasiliev, Moscow cannot leave the Russians living in the two republics to the mercy of the Kiev regime in the conditions of the aggression being prepared by the Ukrainian authorities. In recent months, the West has constantly accused Russia of allegedly preparing an invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin stated that they did not hatch any aggressive plans and did not threaten anyone, and the movement of troops across Russian territory should not worry anyone. thousands of Ukrainian soldiers, while military equipment is constantly being supplied there. Tensions in the region are fueled by the United States and other NATO countries, which supply Ukraine with weapons and military instructors, and also increased the number of exercises in the Black Sea. Moscow believes that the West is trying to create a grouping of troops near the Russian borders.