Donbass Militia Accuses Kiev Of Illegal Deployment Of Weapons Near Conflict Zone

Donbass Militia Accuses Kiev of Illegal Deployment of Weapons, Equipment Near Conflict Zone

Sputnik News

The Ukrainian military is continuing the illegal deployment of weapons and military equipment in settlements near the contact line, Lugansk People’s Republic militia spokesman Ivan Filipenko has said.

In a Sunday briefing summarising the situation on the front, Filipenko indicated that although there have been no violations of the ceasefire reported over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military “has continued to deploy weapons and military equipment in settlements under Ukraine’s control,” in violation of agreements banning such weapons from settlements near the frontline.

Filipenko also reported that Ukrainian forces have deployed a mobile radio electronic warfare system to suppress the control and navigation channels used by Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe drones tasked with monitoring the situation on the ground.

Media Provocations

Lugansk People’s Republic intelligence has also uncovered the presence of journalists from Ukraine’s Channel 5 and ICTV in the conflict zone, with the media working together with officers from the Ukrainian armed forces to “prepare staged videos meant to compromise the people’s militia,” according to Filipenko.

Local residents in the Ukrainian army-controlled settlement of Valuyskoye previously reported on the takeover of the village school by nationalist battalions and equipment, with vehicles containing armed fighters, artillery reconnaissance, observation and target designation equipment and radio stations said to have been deployed in the area.

“Kiev’s use of a secondary school in the village of Valuyskoye to deploy the headquarters of a combat unit and a fire control point for Ukrainian artillery is a flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement and of international humanitarian law,” Filipenko said.

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