YouTube video hosting logoLUHANSK, February 4 Head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic Leonid Pasechnik against the backdrop of the lockdown Youtube channels of the LPR said that Western countries began an «information struggle without rules» against the republics of Donbass. Earlier in Lugansk, it was said that YouTube video hosting blocked a number of information channels of the LPR and DPR, including the channel of the People's Militia of the LPR. At the end of January, the People's Militia announced that the Ukrainian special services, with the support of Western intelligence services, were developing a special information campaign code-named «Crushing sword» against the republics of Donbass. >Medvedchuk reacted to the blocking of two Ukrainian TV channels «The West began an information war without rules against the republics of Donbass … They cynically trampled on the principles of freedom of speech that they were so proud of, and introduced unprecedented censorship to spread the truth about the crimes of Kiev, the United States and their «allies» in the Donbass», Pasechnik said in a statement given to journalists. In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, which declared independence after the coup d'état 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 and LPR they announced shelling of residential areas by Ukrainian heavy artillery. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements and drags out negotiations to resolve the conflict. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Kiev sent half of the entire personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine to the Donbass. Moscow expressed concern about the transfer of military equipment from NATO countries to the Russian borders and the increase in the number of Western instructors in the Donbass. Western countries continue to provide military support to Ukraine, including by supplying weapons that are used in the Donbass. advice»
