The authorities of the self-proclaimed DND ready for the announcement of the " day of silence " on December 9, but do not relate ceasefire with the date of the Minsk talks, said on Tuesday authorized representative DND on Minsk talks Denis Putilin.

" I am confident that we will get to spend a day of silence, despite the explosions and gunshots that sound right now, " said Putilin.

However, he said that DND " does not link a day of silence on 9 December with the date Minsk negotiations, as does the head of Ukraine (Peter) Poroshenko.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local residents to violent change of Power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language.

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