Natalia Dobrovolskaya. The EU is ready to take the necessary steps, If Minsk consensus will not be done, said the head of the European Council Donald Tusk at a press conference on the results of the informal summit of the Union.

on Thursday in Minsk was agreed peace plan for Ukraine, which among other things provides for a ceasefire and withdrawal of troops. The ceasefire will be announced at midnight on Sunday (01. 00 GMT fifteen February)

"The ceasefire must run, We must see the real de-escalation of the conflict," said Tusk.

"We'll be ready for any event good or bad. In the center of our discussion was how to Express support for the implementation of the agreement. If this does not happen, We are not slow to take the necessary steps, " he said.

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