“whole time Kiev was preparing for war. And they didn’t even hide it... Since Sep... evading any direct dialogue on the implementation of the Minsk agreement, Kiev... strengthening its military positions... Churkin... call... Washington – to “stop egging on the Ukrainian hawks and covering their inhuman deeds.”... peace in Donbass is not in [the] interest of Kiev’s ‘party of war’ ... representatives from Kiev did not attend the Minsk... meeting on January 16... Kiev is sabotaging... meeting... ungrounded claims... level of representation of [Donbass] militias. The most important thing now is holding this meeting, not arguing about the level of representation.”... “We are in contact with the sides, the leadership of Ukraine, and the rebels and representatives of interested countries, including in the Normandy format,” Churkin said.... Over the last week, over 100 people have been killed in the town of Gorlovka alone, and the Western media chose to ignore it, the Ambassador said, instead selectively focusing on two incidents – the shelling of a bus in Volnovakha and an assault on a neighborhood in Mariupol last week. “And it’s quite clear why – both cities are being controlled by Kiev’s forces,” Churkin said. A similar tragedy in Donetsk, when 13 people were killed in the shelling of a bus stop, was not followed by mourning marches in Kiev, nor was an urgent meeting of the Security Council called, the Russian envoy said. “We always condemn all attacks on civilians. And we mourn all civilian victims – unlike Kiev, which declares mourning and commemorations for civilian victims while picking which civilian victims in which regions to mourn,” Churkin said. “Are the people of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk Republics some kind of second-class citizens?”... accusations against militias pop up instantaneously, giving an impression they are being “prepared in advance,”... “But as soon as the propaganda trick has come to an end, the...
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