Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and British Defense Minister Ben Wallace during a meeting in MoscowMOSCOW, 11 Feb.< /strong> London hopes that the time will come when the countries of the «Normandy format» will be able to implement the Minsk agreements, no matter how difficult, said British Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace. «Leaders must implement them. It is very difficult. I very much hope that there will be time for both Russia and Ukraine and other countries that have signed agreements to be able to implement these agreements, to do this work required for their implementation,» Wallace said at a press conference in Moscow.Shoigu demanded that the UK explain the special forces in UkraineAccording to him, Britain hopes that the situation on the border with Ukraine will be resolved diplomatically and will not entail tragic consequences. In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, which declared independence after a 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 armistice agreements, skirmishes continue, in the DPR and LPR they announced shelling of residential areas by Ukrainian heavy artillery. Plans attributed to Russia to escalate the situation around Ukraine in Moscow are categorically denied and constantly declare that they are not threatening anyone, and all such statements are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the information hysteria of the USA and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. NATO on security assurances, said Shoigu
