Ukrainian servicemen have not ceased fire in the East of the country, said Prime Minister DND Alexander Borodai reporters on the first day weekend.

" The ceasefire in fact never happened, nor happened after the first consultations, " he said.

The fighting has been, and continues, added Boroday.

on the last working day of the week in the evening expired truce, agreed by the Ukrainian authorities and the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national Republic. Poroshenko extended the ceasefire on 3 days - until Monday evening. Militias in the last working day of the week expressed readiness not to break it.

in Ukraine on 22 February, there was a coup d'etat, but some South-Eastern regions did not recognize the legitimacy of the new authorities. There were started rallies of supporters of independence against Kyiv authorities in mid-April launched a special military operation with use of aviation, armored vehicles and heavy artillery. Elected President in may Poroshenko said About intention to finish a special operation and showed their own peace Plan.



The plan consists of fifteen steps and provides security guarantees for all parties to the negotiations: the exemption from liability under the criminal code, those who have laid down their arms and have not committed serious crimes, as well as the release of the hostages.

in addition, it is expected to make a 10-kilometer buffer zone in the Ukrainian-Russian state border. The plan calls for " withdrawal of illegal armed groups, the development of secure corridor for Russian and Ukrainian mercenaries, disarmament ".

numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. It has been the response of local citizens at the forcible change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law, giving the Russian language regional status. The center of confrontation between Pro-Russian-minded people with the government in Kiev has become the Donbass. About that, how is the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.

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