Ukrainian servicemenLUHANSK, Jan 31 this is from observers of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), said the head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, in an interview with RIA Novosti. The LPR has repeatedly said that the Ukrainian security forces use electronic warfare to prevent the work of drones of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission near the line of contact in order to hide the deployment of weapons, prohibited by the Minsk agreements.
"Our services and international observers see that there is an active movement from the Ukrainian side. There is the supply of ammunition and fuel and lubricants, heavy weapons are moving and equipment is being prepared. Even traditionally "not all seers" Over the past month, the OSCE SMM has recorded the transfer of more than a hundred units of heavy cannon artillery — howitzers and self-propelled guns,» said Pasechnik.
The head of the LPR stressed that the OSCE SMM daily reports that their drones, with the help of which the mission's observers monitor the situation in Donbass, are being jammed. that Ukraine is trying to hide the movement of its troops and equipment from observers, depriving them of the opportunity to see the situation from the air,» Pasechnik explained.The DPR said that Ukraine continues to prepare for an offensive in the DonbassThe head of the LPR also said that Western weapons supplied to Ukraine “in a day or two” appear in the Donbass. “In fact, this is the participation of the United States, Great Britain and their allies in the conflict between Kiev and Donbass,” he added. weapons «not to fight the terrible» Russian aggressor «who does not attack anyone, but is given into the hands of the militants of the Ukrainian regime to kill civilians in the LPR and DPR?» Earlier, the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, said that Kiev was preparing a transfer forces trained by British instructors to Donbass. He also noted that Kiev continues to prepare for an offensive operation against the self-proclaimed republics.Canadian troops redeployed in UkraineIn the summer of 2020, additional ceasefire measures came into force in the Donbass. They imply a complete ban on firing, placing weapons in and near populated areas, offensive and reconnaissance and sabotage operations. In addition, they provide for disciplinary liability for violation of the ceasefire regime. Ceasefire orders containing measures to maintain it should be in effect until the conflict is fully resolved. Recently, the Kiev authorities and the West have constantly accused Russia of allegedly preparing an invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has repeatedly stated that they do not hatch any aggressive plans and do not threaten anyone, and the movement of troops across Russian territory should not worry anyone. technology. 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.