Moscow-Sana
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stressed that the Kiev authorities continue to move away from the implementation of the Minsk agreements aimed at settling the crisis in the Donbass region in southeastern Ukraine by peaceful means.
"What worries Russia is Kiev's increasingly clear approach to moving away from implementing its obligations under the Minsk agreements," Zakharova said in a comment posted on the ministry's website today.
Zakharova added: “Instead of establishing a direct dialogue with Donetsk and Lugansk, adopting the required constitutional amendments, issuing two laws on amnesty and holding local elections, the Ukrainian authorities continue to issue bills that were prepared without coordination with Donetsk and Lugansk and directly contradict the agreements ratified by the UN Security Council through Resolution 2205. “.
Zakharova noted that Kiev's approach to artificially separating Donbass from the rest of Ukraine is accompanied by more and more hostile statements by Ukrainian officials aimed at inciting nationalist strife.
Zakharova criticized Western countries' neglect of the approach of the Kiev authorities and the growing intolerance and neo-Nazi tendencies, and renewed Russia's call on the international community to take necessary joint steps to urge the Ukrainian authorities to end the fratricidal war in the Donbass, stop the massive violations of human rights and prosecute unwanted political opponents and the media. independent.