NATO Secretary General Jens StoltenbergWASHINGTON Feb 17NATO sees the increasing ceasefire violations in Donbas and fears that they may become a pretext for starting a military conflict, said Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. «We are concerned about the increased number of ceasefire violations. Events and situations of this kind can be used as a pretext «, — he said in an interview with CNN. Stoltenberg declined to comment on reports of the morning's incident. Representatives of the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics said on Thursday morning that the armed forces of Ukraine opened fire on their positions. Ruslan Yakubov, head of the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire, told RIA Novosti that Kiev is ignoring the Minsk agreements by using mortars and artillery. , Kiev deliberately violates the ceasefire measures in Donbass signed in the summer of 2020.NATO Secretary General called the threat of the use of force a modern trendThe representative of the People's Militia of the DPR emphasized that the artillery armament of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, prohibited by the Minsk agreements and located in positions near the settlements of Donbass, indicates preparations for a forceful solution. Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov claims that Kiev does not plan any power actions and military operations. As he said on Thursday, Ukraine intends to act in a political and diplomatic way. Western countries that provide diplomatic and military support to Kiev, during the last series of meetings and negotiations, repeatedly called on Kiev to comply with the Minsk agreements. In particular, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that all parties must adhere to them. According to Scholz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised to submit draft laws on the special status of Donbass, constitutional reform and suffrage for discussion in the contact group on Ukraine. /> The Security Council spoke about the reasons for the «US anti-Russian hysteria»
