Moscow denies giving consent to deployment of armed mission in Donbas

17:07, 01.06.2016 1 min read

Russia has not given its consent to the deployment of a militarized mission in Donbas, and the matter should be discussed in relevant formats, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

"There are formats established for discussing these issues. First of all, this is the Contact Group, which will gather in Minsk, and also the OSCE, within the framework of which the relevant decision needs to be made," Russian State Secretary and Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said when asked by Interfax whether Russia agrees to the deployment of a militarized mission in Donbas.

Russia "has not given such consent," he said.

"The verbosity of Kyiv strategists only hampers the cause," he said.