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For Ukraine, the key issue is the preservation of the integrity of the state.
President of Petro Poroshenko said that Ukraine will always be fully independent , a unitary state and no findings on the autonomy of the regions and the federalization of the country. Increase the autonomy of Donetsk and Lugansk circuit in which they operate separatists backed by Russia, Moscow demanded. Kiev sharply opposed this, fearing that it might be another step towards joining the regions of the Russian Federation.
According to Poroshenko, parties to the conflict have to leave the war zone within 14 days, and on the territory of Ukraine will be withdrawn all foreign troops. In addition, the Ukrainian border guards should resume control of the border with Russia by the end of 2015.
– This Friday Chiefs of Staff General of Ukraine and Russia will conduct talks on halting fire control in the fighting between government forces and the Ukrainian pro-Russian separatists in Donbas – President Ukrainy.Jednocześnie Poroshenko announced no secret that a negotiated truce was extremely difficult. – We wanted an immediate and unconditional truce. Unfortunately, Russia insisted that started almost 3 days of signing the agreement. And just after the signatures Russians launched an offensive in the Donbas. Therefore it is important for us to put pressure on Moscow to get that kept her promises from Minsk – he said.
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These words lieves in Brussels, where the President of Ukraine took part in nieformowanym summit of European Union leaders. The meeting was the head of the European Council, Donald Tusk. In his view, the agreement with Minsk gives some hope. But the experience of bid politicians to be very careful. Once, in September last year, also in the capital of Belarus managed to sign an agreement, which provided for a ceasefire and the creation of a buffer zone. Subscriptions are only on paper.
The European Council President Donald Tusk and President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. Photo: PAP / Radek Parsley
– I think we should be careful. I have this feeling even after a short conversation with Angela Merkel conducted after a meeting in Minsk. The real test will be to respect the ceasefire in place. The first agreement in Minsk, there was, as you recall, respected – resembled the head of the European Council.
Also, in public statements by German Chancellor is hard to detect excessive optimism. – I have no illusions, we have no illusions: it takes a lot of work yet. However, there was a real chance for a return to the good – said Angela Merkel. The talks in the capital of Belarus considered it “a glimmer of hope.”
The key is the position of Vladimir Putin. It is not known what the President of Russia reached in Minsk. Interfax news agency reported that Moscow in exchange for an agreement Minsk French ships will get a “Mistral”. Interfax agency informants claim that the decision to release “Mistral” will be made at the beginning of next week. In mid-March, the first of the ships should be communicated to the Russian crew.
Even after talks in Minsk, Putin said that a group of about 6-8 thousand Ukrainian troops were encircled by the rebels in eastern Ukraine.
not revealed by how far the Donbass region, but it is possible that by Debaltsevo – a key railway junction.
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A few hours later, Kiev denied the information. – There is a boiler Debaltseve Russian – Ukrainian staff says. A spokesman for the National Security Council of Ukraine Andriy Lysenko said that regardless of the Russians talks focused considerable forces in the region. Last night around the village Izwalino once again was thrown by the Russian-Ukrainian border 50 tanks, 40 rocket launchers Grad, Uragan and Smiercz, as well as a similar number of armored personnel carriers.
Experts Eastern affairs have no illusions: opportunities for lasting peace in Ukraine are slim, not to say none. – The truce should be monitored by the international organization, which could be separated by warring parties, such as occurred during the conflict in the Balkans, and here there is no such idea, nor the political will – says Jan Hell, director of the Foundation for Polish-Ukrainian PAUCI.
And Paul Usov, a political scientist with the Center for Political Analysis and Forecasting is convinced that the agreement with Minsk will not be respected. – Russia once again use the time to Reinstate separatists and further political and economic destabilization of Ukraine – said the guest of the Polish Radio 24. According to him, the recovery of Ukraine’s full control over its borders is impossible. Because the main goal of Russia is to federalization of Ukraine, which actually take control of its significant areas.
– I still do not know how far he is ready to go to Vladimir Putin – says Maria Przełomiec with Polish Television East Studies. The journalist is skeptical about the effect of the talks, but hopes to meet at least one of the points of agreement – that exchanges of prisoners, because after the September peace talks at least as many have been fulfilled. Przełomiec relies on the opinion of experts who believe that t he mere ceasefire, however, will not last longer than September. So just a few days.
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