Representative of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) in the Contact Group on Settling the Situation in Eastern Ukraine Vladislav Deinego. File photoLUGANSK, Feb 15Kiev will be forced to comply with the Minsk agreements if it does not intend to abandon them, Vladislav Deinego, the authorized representative of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic at the talks on Donbass, said. Earlier, the plenipotentiary of the LPR accused Kiev of a destructive position in the Minsk talks. «Kiev is trying to delay the inevitable with outright lies and manipulations: Ukraine will be forced to comply with the Minsk agreements, unless, of course, the Kiev regime intends to officially abandon them with all the ensuing consequences,» Deinego said in a statement provided to journalists. settlement of the conflict» in the Donbass, which was repeatedly confirmed not only by the republics of Donbass, but also by the countries-guarantors of the Minsk agreements.CNN: Macron urges Putin not to recognize the independence of the DNR and LNRUkrainian authorities in April 2014 launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DNR and LNR, which declared independence after a 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 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 Ukraine with military support, including by supplying weapons that are used in the Donbass. negotiations
