Present Minsk negotiations will be very difficult to enter the signing of any peace agreement document, the head of the center of system analysis and forecasting Rostislav Ishchenko.

in Minsk the first day of the weekend took place the meeting of the contact group in Ukraine, it arrived the self-proclaimed ambassadors of Donetsk and Lugansk national republics Denis pusillin and Vladislav Deinega, negotiator from Kiev, ex-President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, as well as the OSCE representative, Heidi Tagliavini, and Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov. As said Last news Plenipotentiary LNR, the negotiators did not sign the final document, the discussion continues.

" Probably on a document hand out have the opportunity. According to the calculations of some regular truce on some conditional short period of time can be. Although, I think, at the present time to even talk about the next truce difficult, " - said because of this Ishchenko.

"The situation for (the President of Ukraine Petro) Poroshenko, who is a major player in favor of a cease-fire has deteriorated," he showed specialist.

in addition, drew attention to it, does not inspire confidence in the possibilities of the world and the fate of the previous Minsk agreements." The situation after the signing of the first Minsk agreement absolutely nothing has changed, " said Ishchenko.

"now much more difficult to conclude any more no longer sustainable world due to the Minsk process than it was even six or seven months ago," he concluded.


Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data, the victims of the conflict were 4, 8 thousands of civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, and among them fired residential areas of Donetsk.

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