The speaker of the Sejm of Poland, former Polish foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski believes that Europe should thank the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel for the signing of the Minsk agreements on the settlement of the Ukraine.
"We ought to be grateful to Chancellor Merkel that she uses her contacts With Putin to save the world (Ukraine)," said Sikorski on Polish TV channel.
This Polish politician believes that "Germany thought that would do it as Germany, but not the EU (as it was the "channel format" ). I strongly argued their German counterparts, because it is an error ". Germany is really strong to conduct dialogues With Russia, but not so strong as to affect the behavior of the Russian capital, said Sikorski.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the UN, the victims of the conflict were more than 4, 8 thousands of civilians. 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. Read more about the situation in the conflict area, see
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.
Declared a ceasefire, according to the statements of the parties to the conflict and observers, observed throughout the contact line, with the exception of Debaltsevo. This city, according to the examination results of the militia, in the so-called boiler was about three thousand Ukrainian security forces in Kiev denied environment. All the last days in the area Debaltsevo, one of the largest transport hubs in the Ukraine, there were clashes security forces and militia. Developments -
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