Zakharchenko: Rada adopted the law on the Donbas breaks the Minsk agreements
DONETSK, January 18 — RIA Novosti. Adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine the law on reintegration of Donbas breaks the Minsk agreements and untie the hands of the military, said on Thursday reporters the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Alexander Zakharchenko.
Ukraine’s Parliament on Thursday in General the presidential bill on the reintegration of Donbass, in which RF is called “an aggressor”, and uncontrolled Kiev territory of Donbass are “occupied”. Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to domestic conflict and is not privy to the events in the Donbass, and is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.
“(President of Ukraine Peter) Poroshenko said that he (the law — ed.) enables us to return to Ukraine. In his understanding this legislation will help untie the hands of the Ukrainian military, to impose martial law. Unfortunately, this completely violates the Minsk agreement. Ukraine shows that he does not want a peaceful resolution of the conflict, that is, it is going to fight and this makes for a political platform,” — said Zakharchenko.
Rada adopted the law on the reintegration of Donbass in the second and final reading. Document uncontrolled Kiev territory of Donbass are “occupied” and called Russia “an aggressor country”. The document also allows to legitimize the use of the army in the East without a Declaration of war. From the original version, the deputies excluded the paragraph on the priority of the Minsk agreements to resolve the conflict.