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Basurin: Ukraine setting minefields in zone of separation in Petrovsky (DPR)

01:16, 07.10.2016

The Kiev military began setting minefields near the locality of Petrovsky, where the third attempt of the separation of the DPR and Ukrainian forces is scheduled for October 7. It was stated by the deputy commander of the DPR operational command, Eduard Basurin, on the base of the  intelligence reports.

‘Our intelligence found that at the border Bogdanovka - Petrovskoye, the engineering units of the 30th brigade of the AFU are equipping minefields in the place where it was to have occurred the separation of the sides, in accordance with the framework agreement,’ said Eduard Basurin.

According to him, thus, the Ukrainian side emphasizes their unwillingness to withdraw the troops at the mentioned place, while ‘all the made-up reasons were aimed at diverting the attention of the public and representatives of the OSCE mission and JCCC’.