The Ukrainian army is "strengthening its combat
potential" while the DPR is unilaterally withdrawing weaponry from the
contact line
MOSCOW, August 15. /TASS/. Ukraine’s forces have been put on high combat alert in Donbass, defence ministry spokesman of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, Eduard Basurin, said on Saturday citing intelligence.
The Ukrainian army is "strengthening its combat potential" while the DPR is unilaterally withdrawing weaponry of less than 100mm caliber to the distance of three kilometers from the contact line, Basurin told the Donetsk news agency.
The DPR’s defence ministry has repeatedly voiced concerns about Kiev’s military buildup in Donbass saying this is an apparent move to resume full-fledged combat actions.
Source: ITAR-TASS
16-08-2015
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Kiev may call offensive on Lugansk ‘preventive
measure’ – militias
A source in LPR’s defence ministry said earlier that Kiev was planning to launch an offensive with the goal of capturing Lugansk
MOSCOW, August 15. /TASS/. Kiev could say that its
offensive in the Lugansk direction expected to begin later
this month is a
"preventive measure," a military official of the Lugansk republic
said on Saturday.
"The offensive operation in the anti-terrorist zone
is planned to be conducted as part of a ‘preventive strike’ with the goal of
allegedly preventing an offensive by units of the LPR People’s Militias,"
Col. Igor Yaschenko said.
Kiev is preparing a mass smear campaign to "knock
into people’s heads" that the self-proclaimed Lugansk and Donetsk
republics plan to launch an offensive in violation of the Minsk peace
agreements, he said.
This shows again that Ukraine is doing its utmost to
undermine the Minsk agreements. "Kiev just needed the Minsk accords to
restore the combat capability and pull in forces to the contact line," he
said.
A source in LPR’s defence ministry said earlier that
Kiev was planning to launch an offensive with the goal of capturing Lugansk.
Source: ITAR-TASS 16-08-2015
