“Indeed, the escalation (of the situation in the Donbass) is also on a practical plane: this is shelling of civil infrastructure, these are social facilities, educational facilities - they are now being damaged.

There are civilian casualties, this is true.

But we do not observe any signs that Ukraine is ready for a massive serious step on the line of demarcation, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

He noted that “the information component is being worked out too qualitatively, too intensively,” the Ukrainian side forcing the situation in Donbass. 

Earlier, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that Kiev sees no signs of the Belarusian army preparing for an attack on the Ukrainian state.