Breedlove: Russian troops still have the possibility to destabilize the situation in Ukraine
Vladimir Dobrovolsky. NATO believes that Russia still has the ability to quickly move a significant number of forces that could lead to destabilization of Ukraine, said the commander of the NATO forces in the European Union Philip Breedlove.
"Russian troops supplied and amassed troops and equipment inside and outside the cities in the East of Ukraine and still be able to quickly move significant forces to destabilize the region," said Breedlove correspondents after the meeting of heads of General Staffs of the countries members of the Commonwealth.
for its part, the head of the Military division of NATO Knud Bartels said at a meeting with the head of the Ukrainian General staff of the NATO allies told about " full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine ".
"(Said) is also about the fact that we are constantly concerned about the ceasefire violations by Russia-backed separatists, the use of heavy weapons and the continued support of the separatists, " said Bartels.
The Ukrainian authorities, as well as the United States and the European Union has repeatedly accused Moscow of meddling in Ukraine's Affairs. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to domestic conflict and is not privy to the events in the South-East, is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis. Thus, the Russian defense Ministry reported many times that does not supply the militia of Donbass military equipment, ammunition and other assistance. The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. V. Lavrov noted that the statements about the presence of Russian troops in the Donbass unproven - no one until now could not present concrete evidence, despite repeated accusations.
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