The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova State Department commented on the allegations of intimidation "Russian military subordinates" OSCE observers in eastern Ukraine, RIA Novosti.
Late last week, State Department spokesman Heather Nauert has provided their "clarifications" Report of the OSCE observers of the situation in the Donbass. The press service of the mission reported in your account, what 14 June six patrol stopped warning shots were armed men in the village area Pikuz 23 km from Mariupol.
The report says, that the members of the patrol left the car, to see on the ground traces, left behind, in their opinion, BMP. Then they saw in 50 meters from his car armed men, One of them fired several shots into the air. Observers interpreted as warning shots and left the specified area.
Nauert copied to your page report and wrote, that "subordinates Russian soldiers fired from a firearm, to intimidate employees of the monitoring mission in the east of Ukraine ".
Such statements Zakharova called irresponsible. According to her,, This is another attempt to introduce a direct participant in Russian and Ukrainian domestic conflict whitewash actions of the Ukrainian authorities, sabotaging the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
She told US officials more "responsible and professional" approach to public statements, and called on the US administration to exert influence on Kiev, that he nevertheless proceeded to implement the agreements of the Donbas.
Recall, Kiev constantly accuses Russia of supporting the DNI and LC, as well as the direct participation of its troops in military operations in the east. Moscow, in turn, declares, it is neither a party to the conflict vovnutriukrainskogo, nor subject the Minsk agreements.
