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Former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Igor Romanenko said that Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to use military pressure on Ukraine after trying to impose direct negotiations with representatives of the “LPNR” on the Ukrainian side.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, after unsuccessful attempts to legitimize “LPNR” militants, increased military pressure on Ukraine. This was stated on the air of the television channel Ukraine 24 on March 26. former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Igor Romanenko.
According to him, the Russian Federation wanted the militants to be part of the negotiations on the resolution of the conflict in Donbass.
“We see that recently in Ukraine there is a powerful struggle in the sphere of information, economic, social, with representatives of the fifth column. It is clear that Putin cannot just deal with this, therefore the most influential lever he can use is the army pressure, “says Romanenko.
According to him, because of this, the intensity of hostilities is increasing.
Oleksiy Arestovich, advisor to the Ukrainian delegation to the trilateral contact group, said on March 20 that cThe Russian fir is for Ukraine to enter into direct negotiations with the quasi-state entities “LPR” and “DPR”. Arestovich stressed that Ukraine will not agree to this.
March 26 as a result of the mortar bombings by illegal armed groups RF positions of the JFO operation in the Shumy village area, Donetsk region, four Ukrainian soldiers were killed, two more were wounded.
According to the editor-in-chief of the publication “Censor.NET” Yuri Butusov, there is a high probability that a Russian attack will take place in the village area to take the advanced positions of Ukraine.
Due to the death of the military, the Ukrainian delegation of the TCG on the resolution of the conflict in Donbass called an internal emergency meeting.
In 2014, immediately after the annexation of Crimea, Russia launched an armed aggression in eastern Ukraine. The fighting is between the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the one hand, and the Russian army and the Russian-backed militants who control parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, on the other. Officially, the Russian Federation does not recognize its invasion of Ukraine, despite the facts and evidence presented by Ukraine.
On July 22, 2020, the Trilateral Contact Group agreed to a full and complete ceasefire in Donbas starting at midnight on July 27. The Ukrainian side regularly reports cases of violation of the ceasefire by militants.
In early 2021, the situation in Donbass worsened. The Joint Forces Operations Headquarters has repeatedly reported that the enemy is firing snipers. On February 4, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said that “there is no longer any peace process in Donbass.” “There are pairs of snipers, mortars, bombings. The war is on,” he said.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on February 11, during a visit to the Donetsk region, said that the escalating situation in Donbass is associated with Russia’s attempts to pressure Ukraine in the contact group negotiations. trilateral on conflict resolution. .
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