The Ministry of defence DND: Ukrainian military in the Donbass more often defect
The Ukrainian military, leading the battles in the East of Ukraine, more often abandoned military equipment, defect or surrendering, said the head of the Ministry of defense of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Vladimir Kononov.
" I wish to " thank " the Ukrainian army, which has reached such wealth. They perfectly see the situation, what They shoot at peaceful people, and most of the soldiers threw down their equipment, some surrendered, certain deserted.(The militia - editor) vehicles (Previously owned by the Ukrainian army - ed) very much. We are ready to meet the enemy, " said Kononov in an interview to television channel " Russia 24 ".
according to him, the attacks by the security forces civilians, destruction of water pipes and power plants has led to the fact that citizens are increasingly often go in the militia.
first Kononov denied data about the environment Donetsk of the Ukrainian army. According to his statement, " At this point in time Donetsk is not locked, it is locked only from Mariupol and Sand ". The actions of the militia Kononov called " active phase protection ".
numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local citizens to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language. The center of the Pro-Russian opposition-minded people with power in Kiev became the Donbass. About how developed the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.
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