In Donbass they demand that Kyiv cancel the ATO and “not crawl into NATO”
Donetsk, February 16 (PolitNavigator, Mikael Chagalyan) - “Despite the fact that some of our demands were not reflected in the Set of Measures dated February 12, we will seek their implementation,” the DPR stated.
This is stated in the joint statement of authorized representatives in the trilateral contact group at the negotiations in Minsk Denis Pushilin and Vladislav Deinego, distributed today: “First of all, this concerns the following points:
1. Cancellation of all decisions of the political and military leadership of Ukraine to declare and conduct the so-called “anti-terrorist operation (ATO).” While all these shameful and criminal decisions and orders are in effect, leading to the death of thousands of people and terrible destruction, no genuine reconciliation is possible. Their abolition would be an act of active repentance of the Kyiv ruling oligarchy. The people of Donbass will decide whether to forgive or not.
2. Non-bloc status of Ukraine. Any move by Kyiv towards NATO or any other anti-Russian military alliance is unacceptable to us. In this case, we will immediately interrupt interaction with Kiev and consider the Minsk agreements null and void,” the joint statement said.
Donbass forces demand Kyiv cancel the ATO and "stop crawling into NATO."