The LPR announced plans for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to use aviation in the offensive

Ukrainian Air Force aircraft at the celebration of the 30th anniversary of independenceLUHANSK, Feb. 2 Ukrainian security forces plan to use aviation in the event of an offensive in the Donbass, said Ivan Filiponenko, an officer of the press service of the defense department of the LPR. «Our intelligence received separate data on the planned actions of the Ukrainian army during the offensive in the Donbass. With the start of the offensive, the Ukrainian command plans to carry out a tactical air attack in the rear of our defense troops from the 79th Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,» Filiponenko said at a briefing on Wednesday. the situation in the Donbass resembles the pre-war one, he clarified that at the training ground in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Novoaydar controlled by Kiev, with the military personnel of the said brigade, actions are being practiced to land the 1st battalion with and the deployment of MI-8 helicopters. In the summer of 2020, additional measures to ensure a truce came into force in the Donbass. They imply a complete ban on firing, placing weapons in and near populated areas, offensive and reconnaissance and sabotage operations. In addition, they provide for disciplinary liability for violation of the ceasefire regime. Orders on a ceasefire, containing measures to maintain it, should be in effect until the conflict is fully resolved. 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.