Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk considers it important that the second Minsk Memorandum, which predusmatrivaet the ceasefire in the Donbass from midnight fifteen February, not to repeat the fate of the first Minsk Memorandum, signed in September.
In September hand in Minsk agreed on stopping the fire, but effective termination was not. On Thursday in Minsk ended dialogues in "channel format" with the participation of leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France And Germany, parallel to the contact group on the settlement worked on the document, which will give the opportunity to reduce tensions in the Donbass. In the end adopted a set of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February.
"It is important that the second Minsk Memorandum did not repeat the story of the first Minsk Memorandum. And we welcome the message of the big seven, which has been published today on the issue of a hard line against Russia if the Russian Federation does not fulfill the basic requirements of the new Minsk round of negotiations, " the Prime Minister said at a meeting of the Cabinet on the first day of the weekend.
with his hand yesterday, press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is the guarantor of the settlement in the Ukraine, and not by the contractor planned measures, due to the fact that the Russian Federation is not a party to the conflict.
dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, took place against a background of a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, instigated by the Ukrainian law enforcers who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. According to the results of the meeting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France And Germany adopted a package of measures involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons And the development of a security zone.
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