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Germany and France, mediators in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, asked all parties to exercise restraintReported Deutsche Welle. A joint statement expressed concern over the observance of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, amid reports of Russian troops gathering at the border. “We are closely monitoring the situation, especially the movements of Russian troops, and we call on all parties to work for an immediate reduction of tensions,” their representatives said.
Berlin and Paris confirmed theirs support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, after Kiev accused Russia of gathering thousands of troops on their common borders, as well as on the Crimean peninsula.
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has recorded hundreds of ceasefire violations in recent daysand 493, only on March 26.
Germany and France played a mediating role in the tension between Russia and Ukraine as members of the so-called Normandy format.
The EU has condemned Russia’s military service in Crimea
“Russia is subject to international law and has a duty to guarantee the protection of human rights on the peninsula.”
Ukrainian drone attack killed a five-year-old boy and wounded his 66-year-old grandmother in a town about 15 kilometers from the front line in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, local media reported. The drone was used to launch an explosive device in the courtyard of the family home in the town of Aleksandrovsk in the breakaway Donetsk region, according to the report. Meanwhile, Kiev announced the death of one of its soldiers in the explosion of a mine in another village located in the Donetsk region.
The conflict took his life more than 13,000 people, according to the UN. Moscow and Kiev this week blamed each other for escalating violence at the front, which undermined a truce that ended last July. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that 20 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the year.
Russia is ready to respond to Australia’s sanctions against Crimea
Australia supports any anti-Russian attack by the United States and its satellites, according to Zakharova.
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