The Ukrainian authorities revealed on Tuesday that for the first time in 16 months has established the "silent mode" on the Western outskirts of Donetsk.

"for the first time in 16 months, it became quiet on the Western outskirts of Donetsk ", - said Tuesday at a press conference the official representative of the presidential administration of Ukraine on problems of special operations Alexander Matusevich.

The first of September began in Donbass is not only the school year, but another ceasefire, which the parties to the conflict agreed in the last meeting of the contact group on settling the situation in Ukraine, which took place on August 26 in Minsk.

The military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of Donbas lasts more than a year. At the talks on February 12 were achieved consensus on stopping the fire, the withdrawal of heavy weapons, introduction to the Constitution of Ukraine changes on decentralization of Power and the consolidation of the special status " of certain districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".

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