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Russian foreign minister concerned about shelling in eastern Ukraine

Russia is “very concerned” about increased shelling in eastern Ukraine, according to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Weapons are being used that are banned under the Minsk peace plan, Lavrov said in Moscow on Friday. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) also noted increased violations of the agreed ceasefire.

Ukrainian government troops, equipped with weapons and ammunition by the West, are facing Russian-backed separatists there. The sides blame each other for the flare-up of violence.

Lavrov accused the Ukrainian government of sabotaging the Minsk peace plan. At a meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in Moscow, he criticized the OSCE for not naming Kiev as the initiator of the violence. Shooting is also taking place from the separatist areas.

In an interview with Russian state television, Lavrov once again said that Moscow had no plans to invade Ukraine. It was Western “propaganda, fake news and made-up,” he said. “The main thing is that the authors of these fakes believe in what they say themselves. They like that,” Lavrov said. “It evokes a laugh.”

Source: GNA

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