Dmitry Peskov
Russia is not a party to the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine and never was, said the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Thus he responded to a request for comment version of the origin of the weapons from the militia self-proclaimed DND and LNR, the correspondent of “Tape.ru” on Thursday, March 9.
“Kiev know better where they can get weapons, the representatives of the Donbass, where is the weapon itself was stored in what locations — on the eve, in fact, civil war”, — said Peskov.
He stressed the need to act in the proceedings, which is now in the International court of justice and the side of which is Russia.
The day before, on March 8, Russia at the hearings in the International court of justice rejected the accusations of Ukraine of supporting terrorism and supplying weapons to the conflict zone in the South-East of the country. The Director of the Department of the foreign Ministry’s new challenges and threats Ilya Rogachev stated, inter alia, that “the primary source of weapons to servicemen of the DNI and LC are the stocks that went to Ukraine inherited in 1991 from the Soviet army”, with the bulk of the warehouses could be located in the mines of Donbass.
Hearings on the suit of the Kiev authorities to Moscow began in the Hague on Monday, March 6. The average process in the International court of justice is about four years.
About the intention of Kiev to transfer to the international court of justice the claim against Russia, the press service of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, it became known in mid-January. In Moscow in the answer has declared its intention to use during the hearing all available remedies.