The delegation of the US state Department headed by special representative on Ukraine with Kurt Volker arrived in the area at the contact line in the Donbass. About this Facebook reported the press center of the military operation headquarters.
The Americans visited the frontline Avdeevka (the Donetsk region), where he met with the military, and residents of the city.
According to Volcker, which are listed in the post, he came here “to see details” of what is happening. “I can say it’s a terrible tragedy, because we know that Ukraine is flourishing state,” he said.
The special representative noted that he had heard tragic stories of people and saw the destruction. “Our main task — to restore the integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. As I understand it, it’s not a frozen conflict, and a hot war”, he continued.
Walker, as noted, also said that after his visit to Ukraine he plans to hold a series of meetings with representatives of governments of European States. He supposedly wants to “consolidate the position” on the situation in the zone of military operations with allies.
At the state Department website reported that Walker will stay in Ukraine from 21 to 24 July. It is noted that after the visit to the Donbass, he will meet with the Ukrainian authorities in Kiev to discuss ways of “restoring Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
An armed confrontation between the militias and the Ukrainian security forces in the South-East of the country lasts from April 2014. Since the parties repeatedly agreed to the truce, but the ceasefire is regularly broken. According to the UN, victims of the conflict were about 10 thousand people.