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| Moscow will protect Russians captured by Ukraine in Donbass |
| 2021-10-30 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [RIA Novosti] Moscow will do everything possible to protect the rights of Russians, including in the Donbass. This is stated in the commentary of the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding reports of the detention of Russian citizens living in the village of Staromaryevka in Ukrainian captivity. The ministry appealed to partners in the "Normandy format" and the OSCE with an appeal to influence Kiev and ensure that violent actions against local residents stop. "We continue to monitor the development of the situation," the ministry added. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the situation in Staromaryevka is difficult: officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine periodically arrive there to carry out 'filtration measures.' They impose a kind of curfew, prohibiting local residents from leaving their homes, ostensibly to check the passport regime. This was done most severely at the beginning of the week. These documents were confiscated from people with passports of Russia and the DPR , and their owners were subjected to violent actions. "This even caused an armed escalation, which was discussed at the meeting of the Contact Group on October 27," the Foreign Ministry noted. On Wednesday, the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had seized the village, and a checkpoint had been set up at the entrance. According to him, children and the elderly also live in the village, and it is "extremely problematic" to liberate Staromaryevka in a peaceful manner." He stressed that Kiev is going to provocations and is doing everything possible to unleash a full-scale war in the region, but blame the DPR and LPR for this. Donetsk has already applied to the OSCE and called on the world community to force Kiev to return to the mainstream of a diplomatic settlement of the conflict. |
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