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22 of June, 19:31

Political scientist: meeting in Minsk group on Donbass will not lead to a breakthrough
Ukraine is not ready to follow the path of peaceful resolution of the conflict situation in the Donbass, to expect a breakthrough from the meeting in Minsk on June 23 should not, says Donetsk political analyst Kirill Cherkashin.

on Tuesday in Minsk scheduled regular meeting of the trilateral contact group on the Donbas and the meeting of the three working sub-groups - political, humanitarian and economic problems. In a press-service of the Plenipotentiary of the self-proclaimed DND on Minsk talks Denis Pushilin stressed that nourish the hope that the results of the upcoming meeting.

"Hardly expect a breakthrough from the meeting in Minsk. Ukraine to make concessions on issues of federalism are not ready to go, it was only for a unitary state. I think any result will not have the opportunity to be the only private consensus, small steps. Ukraine not ready to go on peaceful ways of resolving conflict, " Cherkashin said Fins news .

according to his vision, quick settlement of the conflict in the Donbas is currently not profitable neither to the West nor Ukraine itself.

"Ukraine controlled from outside the West. And the US has expressed interest in fomenting conflict in the Donbas to continue to exert pressure on the Russian Federation. And beneficial for Ukraine to prolong the conflict so that you can continue to deduct the decline of the economy and poverty in the country by external aggression ", - explained the head of Department of own thesis.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict were about 6, 5 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well As among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

The last document is dated 12 February - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a security zone requires the Authorities of Ukraine to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, on the issue of conduct in local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of Power, as well As on the issue of legislative recognition of special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".

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