Kyiv authorities and Eastern militias agree about the universal stop the fire, the establishment of public security on the current line of contact, withdrawal of heavy weapons from this zone and settlements and deploy a monitoring mission of the OSCE.

The parties are in Minsk dialogue brokered by Russia and the OSCE, September 5, the Parties agreed to a truce and a few questions about the status of the region (Minsk Protocol), and on the 19th of September was developed to implement the Memorandum of nine points. The text of the Memorandum was read After negotiations, the Ukrainian Ombudsman, the second head of state Leonid Kuchma.
1. Termination of use of weapons is considered to be common.

2. Stop offices and military formations of the parties on the line of contact on 19 September.

3. A ban on the use of all kinds of weapons and the conduct of offensive operations.

4. During the day, since the adoption of this Memorandum allotment weapons with a caliber greater than 100 mm from the contact line Over a distance of fifteen miles on each Side, and among them of the settlements, which gives the opportunity to make the area cease use of weapons of a width not less than 30 kilometers of the security zone. To take on the line of contact of the sides of the artillery system of a caliber greater than 100 millimeters to remove their highest range shooting.

5. The ban on the deployment of heavy weapons and heavy equipment in the area bounded localities (locations marked in the text of the document, but Kuchma did not become them).

6. Ban on the installation of new mine-explosive engineering obstacles at the border of the security zone, commitments on removing first installed mine barriers in the area of security.

7. The ban since the adoption of this Memorandum of flying combat aircraft and foreign aircraft except apparatus of the OSCE over the security zone.

8. Deployment in the area of eliminating the use of weapons monitoring mission of the OSCE from a group of observers from the organization during the day since the adoption of this Memorandum. This area can be divided into sectors, the number of boundaries which agree in preparation for the work of the monitoring group of the OSCE observation mission.

9. The withdrawal of all foreign armed forces, military equipment, as well as terrorists and mercenaries from the territory of Ukraine to the OSCE monitoring.


Signed September 5, Minsk Protocol was no less broad in scope: in Addition to statements about the truce he assumed the exchange of prisoners and several political agreements, such as the obligation of Ukraine to approve the Law on the special status of some areas of Donbass. The characteristics of the truce were not marked.

the agreement contains an agreement to provide immediate bilateral termination of the use of weapons (item 1)to ensure the supervision of the OSCE over the observance of the armistice (2) and the Russian-Ukrainian border (4).

planned for the immediate release of all hostages and illegal withholding of persons (5), the Output of " illegal armed formations, military equipment, as well as terrorists and mercenaries from the territory of Ukraine " (10) and the adoption of the law on the illegality of persecution and retribution persons in connection with the events in the East of the country (6).

The document envisages the launch of the national dialogue (7), decentralization of power, and among them the adoption in Ukraine of the law on the special status of certain regions of Donetsk and Lugansk regions (3), and in the Donbass early local elections (9).

The parties also agreed to take necessary measures to improve the humanitarian situation in the Donbass (8) and to adopt a program of economic revival of the region (11).

Last, the 12th paragraph gives a present consultation security guarantees.


The Ukrainian Parliament on September 16, adopted the Law on the special status of some areas of Donbass, which assumes that local authorities will be able to negotiate with the Central government agencies of the Treaty on economic, social and cultural development, Directors of prosecution and courts are planned to be assigned taking into account the opinion of local authorities, creates a voluntary national police, are guaranteed the freedom to use any language and encouraged cross-border cooperation with Russia.

in addition, there will be introduced a special economic regime, aimed at restoring the industry, infrastructure and housing, attracting investment and new jobs. The Cabinet ordered to take the target state program for development of areas with special status, the fiscal costs of their support cannot be reduced even in the case of sequestration.

scheduled to be held here on December 7 extraordinary elections of deputies and heads of municipalities, the range of possibilities which cannot be terminated before the term. In addition, declared Amnesty present " event on the square in Donetsk and Lugansk regions ". The law will be valid for 3 years, but the Advisor of the President of Ukraine Ihor Hryniv N. T. said that he has the opportunity to be cancelled and six months later, " if a clean bill of health ".


Kyiv authorities from April conducted in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of residents of Donbas. According to the UN on September eleven, the victims of the conflict was almost 3, 2 thousands of civilians, not less than 8 thousand were injured body. After the meeting of the contact group on the settlement of the fall of the Ukraine, Kiev authorities and militias Donbass came to an agreement on the ceasefire, which came into force on 5 September.

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