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Kiev Preparing Strike Against Eastern Ukraine – DPR Leader

© AP Photo / Evgeniy MaloletkaUkrainian servicemen guard their position in the village of Shyrokyne near Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015
Ukrainian servicemen guard their position in the village of Shyrokyne near Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Donetsk People’s Republic’s (DPR) leader Alexander Zakharchenko said that Ukraine is preparing to strike Donbass, according to reconnaissance data from the DPR.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The eastern Ukrainian self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic's reconnaissance organs have reported that Kiev is planning to strike against the country's eastern regions, DPR leader Alexander Zakharchenko said Thursday.

"Data from the DPR reconnaissance show that Ukraine is preparing to strike Donbas," the Donetsk News Agency quoted Zakharchenko as saying.

According to the DPR leader, the very fact that Kiev is holding another wave of mobilization signifies that it is getting ready for a war.

Zakharchenko said, however, that the DPR remains open to a dialogue with Kiev.

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"We are ready to come to the negotiating table at any time, listen to any proposal and start negotiating," Zakharchenko said.

Following months of diplomatic efforts, in February 2015, Kiev and independence supporters agreed to a new Minsk deal – a set of measures aimed to facilitate Ukrainian reconciliation. The deal stipulated a ceasefire that started on February 15, the withdrawal of heavy weaponry from the contact line in Donbas and introducing amendments to the constitution so as to decentralize powers in Ukraine.

Since then, the sides repeatedly accused each other of violating the Minsk Agreements.

Late in March, Ukraine's Defense Ministry said that it plans to draft about 21,000 recruits into Ukrainian army in April-May 2015.

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