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The militants are ready to capture the areas of Donbass controlled by Ukraine by military means if it is not possible to make it political methods. This "head of the DPR" Alexander Zakharchenko stated at a press conference in Lugansk, Interfax reports .

According to Zakharchenko, the authorities of the self -proclaimed republics have the right to "do this on their own" thanks to the blockade "who conduct the Kyiv authorities."

“We always said that the liberation of the occupied territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions is our collective task. And we always said that it is desirable to do this in a political way. If they don’t understand, I remind you that we can do it to the military,” Zakharchenko said. “Our brothers and sisters remained in that territory. And this message applies first of them - we do not forget about them. We remember our debt of our debt. Kramatorsky, we remember hundreds and thousands of tortured inhabitants who were accused of separatism and terrorism. "

In addition, representatives of the LPR and the DPR demanded access to infrastructure objects located in the territories controlled by Ukraine, the possible damage to which the safety of the inhabitants of the DPR and the LPR would jeopardize.

Zakharchenko also stated that the DPR would not take military equipment from the contact line in the Donbass until the Ukrainian military is done.

The atmosphere on the contact line remains tense. Over the past day, the positions of the Ukrainian military were fired at 66 times, the representative of the Ministry of Defense on the ATO ATO, Alexander Motuzyanik, said . In 17 cases, heavy weapons were used. In various sections, three Ukrainian troops died, ten were injured.

Since the beginning of the conflict in the east of Ukraine, 2197 Ukrainian troops were killed, about 8 thousand were injured. This was stated by the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Viktor Muzhenko during a meeting with the military attache of foreign states.