American congressmen in conversation with the Agency Sputnik skeptical remarks about the progress of the Minsk agreements: Senator John Sidney McCain called them unenforceable, and Lindsey Graham - leading to the collapse of Ukraine.

on Thursday in Minsk ended in a peaceful dialogue to resolve the fall in Ukraine "channel format" with the participation of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany. According to the results of the negotiations was announced that an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in some districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine is obliged to start from 00: 00 (Kyiv time) fifteen February.

The withdrawal of heavy weapons must begin no later than the second day after the ceasefire and will end in 14 days, specified in Minsk document. The security zone For the heavy artillery in the Donbass should be from 50 to 140 kilometers.

"To me It looks impossible. This patch, and I predict It won't last the week, " said McCain, head of the Senate of the United States Department of arms." If This happens, the pigs will start to fly, " He added, explaining contained in document a condition on the mutual withdrawal of heavy weapons.

Senator Lindsey Graham believes that the Minsk agreements became " violent dismemberment of Ukraine ". In his vision, participation in Minsk negotiations of France and Germany was based on the desire to maintain economic ties with Russia, and does not count "regional effects" or " moral imperative ".

Both senators had previously played for the supply of weapons in Ukraine.

The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov Century before that, they stated that the Russian Federation will continue to make efforts to resolve the fall in the East of Ukraine. He also said that he appreciated the connection to the settlement of the fall in the Ukraine, the leaders of Germany and France, which contributed to performance "channel" negotiations at the highest level. Moscow had never once stated that it is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.

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