Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine strictly condemns yet another
attempt of the Russian Federation and its proxies to aggravate the security
situation in Donbas.
Despite the cease-fire, agreed during the recent meeting of the Trilateral
Contact Group, the number of armed provocations against ATO forces along the
contact line continues to grow.
Only on 17 January, militants shelled ATO positions and civilian objects 48
times. On 15 and 16 January - 40 and 36 times respectively. Moreover, except
for small arms they also used 82-mm and 120-mm mortars, RPGs, anti-aircraft
warfare and APC armament. Deliberate shooting at the OSCE Special Monitoring
Mission vehicle on 16 January was a particularly outrageous action.
The nature of such actions proves their thorough planning. These actions
undermine not only the core essence, logic and consecutiveness of Minsk
agreements. They also derail all efforts undertaken by Ukraine and
international community aimed at restoring peace and stability. In fact, they
make implementation of the political part of peaceful settlement impossible.
We draw attention of the international community to yet another proof of
Russia’s deliberate neglect of Minsk agreements as well as its full
responsibility for the situation in some areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Because of Kremlin’s deliberate policy of upholding its “hybrid war” against
Ukraine, we are to state that in almost a year after the adoption of the
Complex of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements, situation
in the East of Ukraine remains to be extremely fragile and far from restoring
peace, security and regular life in areas suffering from terrorists.
We call on international partners not to fall for deceptive manoeuvres of
the Russian aggressor that constantly demonstrates impressive mismatches
between its rhetoric and real actions. In this light, political pressure on the
Russian Federation and implementation of diplomatic and restrictive measures
are of a critical importance for the enforcement of Kremlin’s return to the
international legal framework.
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