Full-fledged hostilities may resume on the contact line in Donbass, says the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Denis Pushilin. He called the situation critical.
The day before, on October 28, the DPR announced the capture by the Ukrainian military of the village of Staromaryevka, located in the south of the demarcation line. Mr. Pushilin noted that his republic is ready for retaliatory actions.
“I would call the situation critical and close to full-fledged military operations. The damage to infrastructure and, of course, the seizure of the settlement of Starovarievka, undoubtedly pushes the republics to retaliatory actions, ”he said on the air of“ Russia 24 ”(quoted by TASS).
The situation in Donbas escalated this week after the Ukrainian military first used the Turkish Bayraktar TB-2 drone in Donbas. This batch of UAVs was purchased by Kiev during the presidency of Petro Poroshenko. The Kremlin said that the supply of Turkish weapons to Ukraine could destabilize the situation in Donbass. The Russian Foreign Ministry also did not rule out a deterioration of the situation in the south-east of Ukraine 5052631.
Details – in the material of “Kommersant” “Donbass becomes an unmanned zone.”
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