Wednesday, February 25, 2015

DNR announced its readiness to put the OSCE observers to places removal of heavy weapons

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed concern over the fact that the OSCE observers did not accompany the process of removing heavy equipment militias


Отвод тяжелой военной техники от линии соприкосновения     Фото: ТАСС, Валерий Шарифулин

Moscow. February 25th. INTERFAX.RU - Guide breakaway Donetsk People's Republic was prepared to allow OSCE observers in the sector removal of heavy weapons and to ensure the safety after they served the appropriate application.

"We are always ready to work closely with the OSCE, to allow them to place withdrawal of heavy weapons and guarantee their safety if they are approved by the regulations will be served prior application," - said "Interfax" on Wednesday, Speaker of the People's Council DNR Andrew Purgin.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow appealed to the leadership of OSCE to send appropriate instructions to the special organization of the monitoring mission in Ukraine, to strengthen their support for the process of removal of weapons.

The Minister noted the concerns of Moscow due to the fact that the OSCE observers do not accompany the process of removing heavy equipment militias.

"We were a little worried about that now, when it started withdrawal of heavy equipment at least militias OSCE observers do not accompany this process through their actions. And they need to implement and monitoring, verification and removal of weapons from the line, which has been agreed in Minsk on February 12" - said Lavrov.

Earlier Wednesday, the head of mission Ertugrul Apakan said that a special monitoring mission as soon as possible to expect that the parties signatories to the agreements Minsk information about withdrawal of heavy weapons.

On the eve of the breakaway DDNR envoy to the talks in Minsk Denis Pushilin explained the delay in withdrawal of heavy equipment militias "bureaucratic".

"We later reported do not have time to go. But we found a way out of this situation. It places of permanent deployment technology, which has been given today, they (OSCE representatives. - IF) will be able to have access to and will be checked. Also videos will be provided," - said Pushilin Tuesday in the air "Russian news service."

Ukrainian military said about tanks and "Grad" militias have Novoazovsk

Moscow. February 25th. INTERFAX.RU - Ukrainian military record the transfer of military equipment to the city Novoazovsk (near Mariupol), said Wednesday at a briefing in Kiev, the official representative of Staff of the military operation in the Donbass Andrei Lysenko.

"The enemy conducts rearrangement, the restoration of combat units, replenishment of ammunition technology. Despite the claims of the so-called warlords DNR LC and the beginning of withdrawal of military equipment from the line of demarcation in accordance with Minsk arrangements for two days we capture the movement of the Russian Federation through the point skip Izvarino "Grad", armored personnel carriers, all-terrain vehicles with a significant amount of ammunition and personnel, "- says Lysenko.

According to him, "recorded by moving to the city Novoazovsk a large number of tanks," Grad "and other military equipment."

"In addition, the illegal armed groups derive damaged military equipment to Russia to restore its efficiency," - said the representative Staff.

According to Lysenko, the Ukrainian side has recorded 17 attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian military in the last day. The most difficult situation was in Shirokino where the enemy five times opened fire from mortars and grenade launchers. On Wednesday morning the town Shirokino fired from tanks, self-propelled guns and cannon artillery. "The attacks were repulsed, no casualties," - reported to Lysenko



Correspondent of the Russian TV channel arrested in Kiev

Moscow. February 25th. INTERFAX.RU - In Kiev, detained NTV correspondent Andrei Grigoriev, according to the website TV station on Wednesday.

"In Kiev, detained NTV correspondent Andrei Grigoriev. He was in the city center, where today held a march organized by the nationalist organization" Right Sector ", banned in Russia", - said in a statement.

There clarifies that came to Grigoryev people who asked him to produce documents, and, seeing that he is a citizen of Russia, took him away.


"The last time Grigoriev made contact, sending an SMS, in which he said that he was detained by the SBU. He is now in police custody, he was not told why he was arrested, and when it will be released," - noted on the site.

In Kiev, detained a correspondent of Channel One and NTV

Moscow. February 25th. INTERFAX.RU - First Channel has confirmed the detention of its correspondent in Kiev Elena Makarova.

"In Kiev today were arrested just two Russian journalists - First Channel correspondent Elena Makarova and NTV Andrei Grigoriev," - said Wednesday the site of the channel.

The report states that the reporters were detained at a mass rally in the center of the Ukrainian capital, where the march took place nationalist movements.

"This is not the first time that Ukraine under various pretexts, not allowed to work the representatives of the Russian media," - said first channel.

It is noted that while journalists are not related to the management of TV channels to report about their future.


The representative of the Security Service of Ukraine Elena Gitlyanskaya, in turn, said that such actions related to the SBU "anti-Ukrainian propaganda pursued by these journalists."

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