Maria Kniazeva. The head of the European Council Donald Tusk said that among the best ways to support the EU Ukraine is the preservation of the sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation to the full implementation of the Minsk agreement.

"We will discuss (at the European Council on Thursday - ed.), Ukraine and the Russian Federation and execution of Minsk. One of the best ways to support Ukraine will be due to the retention of the sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation ", until will not be fully made Minsk consensus, he said at a press conference on Thursday. According to Tusk, it's bound to be to return Ukraine surveillance over its borders.

One of the main themes of the summit of heads of States on Thursday will be the issues of Russia and Ukraine. On the introduction of new restrictive measures, on the Basis of statements of commissioners of the EU, no question.

on Wednesday morning, a source close to the leadership of the EU, told reporters that Tusk plans to offer the leaders of the countries of the Union at the conference on Thursday to keep the penalties in connection with the crisis in Ukraine prior to the full implementation of the Minsk agreements.

According to the reports of the sources, the European Union considers the full implementation of the Minsk agreements transfer to Kiev observations on the Ukrainian side of the Russian-Ukrainian border.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

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