According to Lavrov, the situation in the Donbas and in Ukraine, following a Special monitoring mission of the OSCE. However, its reports are abstract, they say nothing about those who bear responsibility for different violations. In this regard, the Russian side called the SMM to specify information in the reports about the shelling in the Donbass.
nevertheless, from the data collected it is possible to make certain conclusions. As the analysis conducted by the representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE, “more than 80 percent of the shelling of civilian targets is accounted for by the Armed forces of Ukraine”. “The number of civilian victims on both sides of the contact, more than 80 percent of the victims on the side of militia. In other words, the bulk, the lion’s share of responsibility for violation of agreements on cease-fire are the Armed forces of Ukraine”, – said Lavrov. The Minister stressed that “the OSCE mission should fulfil its obligation, which is not the first year not running, and to present a detailed thematic assessment report”.
Lavrov also noted that Russia and Germany understand “there is no alternative and the need for maximum operational implementation of the Minsk package of measures.” “We again urged our German colleagues to use their influence on the Kiev leadership to encourage it to speedy implementation of commitments in the framework of the Minsk process,” – said the Minister.
According to the head of the Russian foreign Ministry is particularly necessary because of the strange signals that takes Kiev. There are the claims that the Minsk agreement became outdated, the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky asks him to decipher the provisions of the agreements and ex-President Leonid Kravchuk even said that Petro Poroshenko knowingly put his signature under this document.
