Russian Foreign Ministry: Moscow Demands Halt of Military Actions in Ukraine’s …
“The situation around Slavyansk in the Donetsk region dramatically worsened in the early hours of May 17. Ukrainian troops supported by aviation once again attempted to storm the city. This time around, civilian installations were shelled by heavy artillery. Some people were wounded. A real threat to peaceful civilians’ lives was created. All this causes Russia’s lawful outrage,” the state news agency quoted Foreign Ministry as saying.
“We are insisting once again on the immediate stoppage of military actions in the southeastern part of Ukraine by Kyiv,” it said.
“Such punitive actions against their own citizens show the hypocrisy of the Kyiv authorities who falsely declare their willingness to comply with the provisions of the Geneva Declaration concluded April 17, 2014 and with the road map, developed by the OSCE,” the Foreign Ministry said.
“The question also arises can the (presidential) election truly meet the democratic norms of the electoral process, when it is carried against the backdrop of the continuing military crisis in Ukraine?” it concluded.