The escalation of hostilities in the town – on the one hand, the reaction of Vladimir Putin on the negotiations of Petro Poroshenko with Angela Merkel, on the other hand, reaction to the “sluggish” response from the White House. Comments about this “Segodnya” said the political expert Taras Beethoven.
“This is due primarily to the fact that yesterday the President met with Angela Merkel, they discussed implementation of the Minsk agreements and Russia fail and are blamed on militants, Russian troops. And forcing the situation (in the original – Ed.) is the answer to this. Also this is obvious due to the current level of relations between Moscow and Washington. Putin was convinced that the Administration trump the issue of Ukraine and Donbas issue is not what is not a priority, even in principle, no. And we see today complete silence from Washington and the very weak statement of our European partners, although it is a full violation. The expense is already close to 10 dead. And their reaction to the tragic events in the town today, no. So this is Putin’s reaction to the negotiations Poroshenko Merkel, on the one hand. On the other hand, is a reaction to “sluggish” let’s just say the response from the White House,” – said the political expert.
According to him, Putin now understands that the States is absolutely not up to the Ukraine and so it is possible use the time to put pressure on Ukraine to Germany and to show that he’s in a strong negotiating position. “What to do about Ukraine? In fact, all that is possible is already done. Foreign Minister Klimkin today went to the Donbass with his Danish counterpart. Now they will possible to attract the attention of the Austrian presidency of the OSCE, to pay attention to Germany and France and to fix all of these violations from the Russian side”, – summarized Taras Berezovets.
Recall that positions of the Ukrainian military in the Donbas over the past day were fired 71 times. Killed three Ukrainian soldiers, 20 injured and four injured.
30 January in the town because of the situation declared a state of emergency. As it became known today, the Russian party gave instructions to the fighters on the termination of the shelling of Avdeevka in the period from 10:00 to 17:00. The Ukrainian side expects the arrival of the OSCE observers, while the “truce”.
However, as of 12.45 and silent mode is still there, and the militants continue shelling of the Town.
The United States Ambassador in Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch said that US concerned about the situation in Avdeevka.
