The most effective in the contact group on Ukraine can be considered the work of the subgroup on safety, because this group could reach consensus on the disposal of equipment, But the overall dynamics of the negotiation process is weaker than we would like representatives of the DNR, said Last news authorized representative of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic (DND) on the talks in Minsk Denis Putilin.

"The results are in each subgroup, But the Most effective remains the subgroup on safety issues. It is this sub-group could reach consensus on the issues of assignment of equipment up to a caliber of 100 millimeters. Today there are only the technical aspects of the preparation of the contract. The probability that we will cope with its signing until the end of this week, significant. But, unfortunately, we must admit that the overall dynamics of the negotiation process is weaker than we would have liked. There is some progress, But they are not sufficient in order to secure a truce and to achieve full observance of the regime of silence from Ukraine, " he said.

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.


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.

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