6 Mar 2015 20:54

Donbas militia see concentration of Ukrainian troops near Mariupol as preparation for war

DONETSK. March 6 (Interfax) - The defense ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) is concerned by Ukraine's beefing up its military forces near Mariupol, seeing this as possible preparations for resuming fighting.

"The Ukrainian military are accumulating forces near Mariupol. We view this as the bolstering of their group to start a war in the spring and summer period," Senior official Eduard Basurin of the DPR defense ministry told journalists.