DPR Head Denis PushilinMOSCOW, February 12 in the Donbass they stop hiding and pretending to be instructors. «I would say that they stop hiding, stop mimicking instructors, and more and more we see outright mercenaries who already, when they arrive in the Donbass, take up some positions, conduct some kind of training for those or other actions and activities not related to the training of personnel, these are no longer instructors,» he said on the air of the YouTube channel «Soloviev Live». />Zelensky urged to prove that Russia will «attack» Ukraine on February 16″We see this situation, and their number continues to increase: there are already hundreds and hundreds of people,» he added. In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DNR and LNR, which declared dependence after the coup 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 discussed, in particular, during the 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.
