Fears of provocation or a hot episode are rekindled in Ukraine, As pro-Russian separatist rebels in the east of the country on Thursday accused the Ukrainian army of firing on the area, which they control four times in 24 hours. They added that they are trying to make sure that there are no victims.
It is not yet clear how serious these incidents are, and so far there has been no reaction from Ukraine or the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), which is monitoring the situation in eastern Ukraine but in recent days has withdraws some of its observers from the area.
Similar incidents have occurred many times for the past eight years, but at a time when Russia is accused of gathering more than 100,000 troops on the border with Ukraine and withdrawing some of its observers in recent days.
Representatives of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Luhansk said in a statement that Ukrainian forces had used mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns in four separate incidents today.
“Ukraine’s armed forces have blatantly violated the ceasefire by using heavy weapons which, according to the Minsk agreements, should have been withdrawn,” the statement said.
At the same time, despite its new announcement Moscow for a new withdrawal of military forces from Crimea, NATO and Washington they are very wary of her assurances that she does not want war.
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