“Recently, the European Union has joined the process of militarization of Ukraine.

On December 2, the EU Council decided to allocate € 31 million for military-technical assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ”Zakharova said.

According to her, this decision "does not contribute to peace in Donbass in any way."

The diplomat stressed that "negotiations on a peaceful settlement have actually reached a dead end."

Zakharova called on Kiev to abandon the sabotage of the Minsk agreements.

Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry of Russia said that Kiev is transferring heavy artillery to the east of Ukraine to the line of contact, this is recorded in the OSCE.

She noted that, according to some reports, Kiev pulled up to 125 thousand military personnel to Donbass.

On Tuesday, December 7, the presidents of Russia and the United States held another round of talks.

The conversation took place by video link in a tete-a-tete format and lasted just over two hours.

Ukrainian issues and the lack of progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements have taken a "predominant place" in the dialogue of state leaders.

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