The European Council President Donald Tusk said that holding consultations with the leaders of the EU on the “next steps” in connection with the conflict in eastern Ukraine. He noted that despite an agreement with Minsk, Ukraine “people continue to die.”
A report published on Friday afternoon statement Tusk wrote that from the last Sunday of the EU is sparing no efforts to make that concluded on February 12 in Minsk ceasefire agreement worked – “even in the face of continuous ruthless attacks on Debaltseve and other regions, carried out by separatists supported militarily by Russia. “
He stressed that in less than a week, there has been over 300 cases of breach of the ceasefire, and the” people still die. ” “Clearly we reached a point where further efforts will be fruitless diplomatic until they are reliably supported by further measures” – said the President of the European Council.
“To do this, now I consult with the leaders of the European Union next steps” – Tusk said. He added that these steps will be “aimed at further increasing the cost of aggression on the eastern Ukraine”, as well as to apply to help de-escalation of the conflict, including, for example. Proposal of the President of Ukraine Petry Poroshenko on the EU’s role in improving the monitoring of the ceasefire.
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Tusk announced that on Sunday will travel to Kiev to “express solidarity with the people of Ukraine in these difficult times.” That day will be held on March Dignity on the first anniversary of the victory of protests on Independence Square and the removal from power of President Viktor Yanukovych.
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Tuesday will meet in Paris, the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia . They discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine after the conclusion of agreements in Minsk.
Earlier on Friday, French President Francois Hollande said at a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Paris that any country that does not respect the agreements with Minsk aimed at settlement of the crisis in Ukraine will face sanctions.
German Chancellor indicated that new sanctions against Russia are not an end, but an option if a peace agreement is violated. The European Union “could raise the issue of sanctions” if necessary.
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In accordance with the agreements reached on February 12 in the Ukrainian capital of Belarus between government forces and pro-Russian separatists should apply from 15 February ceasefire. Parties to the conflict have committed or to withdraw heavy weapons from the war zone. It was also agreed the creation of a buffer zone width of 50 to 70 km. Both parties to the conflict to leave the area within 14 days of the halt to the fighting.
The ceasefire, however, so far observed selectively. Separatists have successfully carried out a heavy offensive on the strategic town Debaltseve, pushing him Ukrainians and asking them heavy losses. After the success at the front relative calm prevailed addition to local clashes.
The Ukrainians fear, however, that successfully encouraged separatists try now the offensive in the south, near the city of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov.
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Author: mk / I / kwoj / PAP
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