The Kremlin sees a
possible threat of a resumption of a civil war in Ukraine
.
"We are facing provocative acts along the line of contact. It is the armed forces of Ukraine that have embarked on a path towards escalating these provocative acts and are continuing this policy. These provocations tend to escalate. All of this is creating potential. threat to the resumption of a civil war in Ukraine "said spokesman Dmitry Peskov, quoted by Interfax.
"We took note of the statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who visited the Donbass yesterday and said that the country's NATO membership would presumably help end the conflict in the region. However, contrary to Kiev's expectations,
the potential NATO membership will not only not bring peace to Ukraine but, on the contrary, will lead to a large-scale increase in tensions in the Southeast, possibly causing irreversible consequences for the holding of the Ukrainian state
"This was stated by the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, quoted by TASS." We ask the Kiev authorities once again to take a responsible approach and finally begin to implement the obligations under the Minsk package of measures ". , Zakarova added, underlining that the situation in the Donbass remains complicated and tends to worsen due to the "warlike intentions of Kiev, still driven by the illusion that there may be a military solution to the conflict in the south-east of the country." Military equipment is deployed in the region and the mobilization plans are updated, "he noted." The Ukrainian media are fomenting the myth-based hysteria of the Russian threat, claiming that Moscow intends to attack Ukraine in the near future.
Western sponsors in Kiev openly support most of the developments, "Zakharova said. Zelensky said on Tuesday that the only way to end the war in the Donbass is for Ukraine to join NATO.
Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin gave "the necessary explanations" to Angela Merkel: "
We are free to move our armed forces, any units on the territory of Russia at our discretion
".
This was stated by the spokesman of the Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov, after in a telephone conversation the German Chancellor had asked Putin to "reduce" the strengthening of Russian troops near the borders with Ukraine.
This was reported by the Interfax agency.
"At this moment unfortunately - continued Peskov - Ukraine is transforming itself again into a potentially very unstable region and naturally any country that has an unstable, dangerous and explosive region near its borders, adopts the necessary measures to guarantee its own security. ".
In the meantime,
an American delegation led by the military head of the US embassy in Kiev, Colonel Brittany Stewart, visited the area of Ukrainian operations in Donbass
and the Ukrainian units engaged along the line of contact: the Interfax agency reports, quoting the press center of the Ukrainian headquarters.
"The US government - said Stewart according to the Interfax news agency - is deeply concerned about the situation that is developing around the borders with Ukraine and supports in every way the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine".
