The situation in the Donbass tends to exacerbation, said the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Nikolai Pankov.
“The situation in the” Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics “, to great regret, is very complicated, it tends to exacerbation. We must take the protection of residents of these young states, many of them, hundreds of thousands, are citizens of the Russian Federation,” – Pankov said at a meeting of the Federation Council, Interfax reports.
The Defense Deputy Minister of Defense claims that Ukraine focused on the borders with the “DPR” and “LPR” 60-thousand grouping with heavy machinery.
“The shellings grow out the day by day, they are conducted in all directions, reaching up to 2 thousand shells per day. Of these, 316 of the heavy types of weapons, directly prohibited by Minsk agreements,” he added.
Panks also noted the active work of terrorist and sabotage groups. “The number of refugees, women and children, only in the last days who left their shelter, amounted to about 100 thousand people, including 29,865 children,” said the defense minister.