On the line of contact in DonbasKIEV, Jan 24 Secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said that responsibility, patriotism, humanism and unwillingness to sin do not allow Kiev to return the Donbass by military means. «We will return the occupied territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, a matter of time. Can we return it by military means? We cannot, because we are responsible people : the civilian population will die … in addition to the fact that we must be patriots, we are humanists — these are children, these are women, these are elderly people, we cannot take such a sin upon ourselves,» Danilov said after a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council. Ukrainian authorities in April 2014 launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, which declared independence 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 being discussed, including during meetings of the contact group. However, even after the ceasefire agreements, skirmishes continue, in the DPR 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 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. in Donbass
