Thursday, July 3, 2014

Poroshenko makes fatal mistake by ending ceasefire in Ukraine's southeast - PM Medvedev

Poroshenko makes fatal mistake by ending ceasefire in Ukraine's southeast - PM Medvedev

Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko made a fatal mistake when he had ended the truce, Russian Prime Minister believes. Poroshenko is now personally responsible for casualties, Medvedev believes.

"Having ended truce, President Poroshenko has made a fatal mistake. It will bring new casualties. And he is personally responsible for them now," Medvedev posted on his Facebook account on Wednesday.
"Huge flow of refugees. Dozen thousands. People are fleeing from war. The US propaganda claims they are going 'for vacation to grandmothers.' Cynicism has no limit," the Russian prime minister said.
"It will be difficult to develop relations with Ukraine amid such circumstances, and impossible on certain issues," Medvedev said.
Prime Minister Medvedev said that Russia would take protective measures concerning its market after Ukraine signed an association agreement with the European Union.
"On June 27 Ukraine signed an Association Agreement with the European Union. This is Ukraine's right. Russia's right is to switch to new conditions for working with it. To protect its market. The decision on protection measures will be made after consultations. The Russian government is analyzing the current situation and devising our steps under the CIS free trade zone agreement and the WTO (World Trade Organization) rules," he said.
Medvedev predicted "a full-blown gas crisis" by autumn as a result of Ukraine's denial to pay for Russian gas.
"Ukraine doesn't pay for gas. The debt is huge. They take gas from underground depots. There'll be a full-blown gas crisis by autumn," he wrote, Interfax reports.

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