The head of the Senate of France g?rard Larcher said about the illegality of the violation of the Minsk agreements and the need for a full ceasefire in the South-East of Ukraine.

"They cannot trample and, as confirmed in Paris (the Head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei) Lavrov and French foreign Minister Laurent) Fabius, it is impossible to break these consensus. Anyway, with fifteen February Minsk consensus is violated, and this is totally unacceptable, because respect for the ceasefire must be full, " said Larcher, speaking at the plenary meeting of the Federation Council.

He noticed that the respect for the tenets of the agreement must be the cornerstone, which will give the opportunity to exit the fall and will be key to mitigating and withdrawal penalties.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, took place against a background of a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, instigated by the Ukrainian law enforcers who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. According to the results of the meeting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a package of measures involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of a security zone.


Declared a ceasefire, according to the statements of the parties to the conflict and observers, observed throughout the contact line, with the exception of Debaltsevo. This city, according to the examination results of the militia, in the so-called boiler was about three thousand Ukrainian security forces in Kiev denied environment. All the last days in the area Debaltsevo, one of the largest transport hubs in the Ukraine, there were clashes security forces and militia. Developments -

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