Evidence of Russian involvement is cited

KYIV – Ukraine has undeniable evidence of Russia’s support of terrorists in the Donbas and its involvement in events in Mariupol, President Petro Poroshenko said at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council. “Interception of radio and phone conversations by the Security Service of Ukraine irrefutably indicates that the given attack was organized by terrorists supported by Russia,” he said. He added that more evidence is seen in Russia’s blocking of the U.N. Security Council’s statement and its silence on assessments of the terrorists’ actions in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Specialists of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe examined the site of the tragedy in Mariupol and found that Grad and Uragan missiles were launched from territory occupied by the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic,” Col. Andriy Lysenko said during a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center on January 25. The next day, it was reported that Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin; the deputy head of the Presidential Administration, Valeriy Chaly; and the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, conducted a meeting with foreign ambassadors accredited in Ukraine. During a special briefing, the SBU shared the results of its special investigation with the ambassadors, showing photo and video evidence which confirms that Russian-supported terrorists attacked the peaceful population of Mariupol. (Ukraine Crisis Media Center)