The contact group on settling the situation in Eastern Ukraine could sign an agreement on the establishment in Donbass 30-kilometer buffer zone on Tuesday at a meeting in Minsk, but Kiev has asked for the approval, said Last news Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Grigory Karasin.

the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday said he ordered the representatives of Kiev in the tripartite contact group immediately sign the agreement on creation of a 30-kilometer buffer zone along the separation line, to withdraw tanks and mortars.

"Yesterday Authorized Donetsk, Lugansk, Authorized the OSCE, the Russian Federation had prepared such a commitment to sign, but at the last moment, the Plenipotentiaries of Ukraine took a timeout in order to coordinate it," said Karasin, explaining the message of the Ukrainian leader.

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