German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the withdrawal of heavy weapons in the East of Ukraine is carried out insufficiently transparent.

"transparency in the withdrawal of heavy weapons in the East of Ukraine is observed is not enough," said Merkel at a mutual press conference with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Wednesday in Berlin.

Merkel added that the Minsk agreement, according to which heavy weapons must be removed from the contact line, is an important step in the restoration of peace.

"The Minsk agreement is the only road map, which is on today for a peaceful settlement in the Ukraine," he said, with his own hand, the Prime Minister of Ukraine.

before Wednesday the Deputy commander of the militia headquarters DNR Eduard President Francois Hollande said that the increased intensity of the attacks of the Ukrainian security officials said the possible preparation of the Kiev large-scale provocation to burnish the entry in the Donbass loyal security forces peacekeeping forces. According to DNR, in some of the villages close to the contact line, the Ukrainian Military build-up grouping of artillery.




dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

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