The head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and U.S. Secretary of state John Kerry discussed the situation in Ukraine during a meeting in Sochi, said the assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Yuri Ushakov.

"They exchanged views on all the key issues of the contemporary international agenda. A significant role in the discussion of the Ukrainian theme. From our side, give estimates of the causes of the Ukrainian fall. Brightly highlighted that the Russian Federation has committed to complete the progressive fulfillment of the Minsk agreements, " - said Ushakov on the approach to the reporters following the meeting, Putin, Kerry and the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov.


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

One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue With the authorized rebellious territories. Read

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