An envoy says the ceasefire in Donbass is
violated mainly by Ukrainian troops.
MINSK, October 4. /TASS/. Ukraine’s bill on the so-called reintegration
of Donbass runs counter to the Minsk Accords, Russia’s envoy to the Contact
Group for a settlement in the east of Ukraine, Boris Gryzlov, has said.
"The bill submitted to the Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday on the restoration of sovereignty over Donbass runs counter to the Minsk Accords, pushes Donbass father away from Ukraine and blocks the peace process," he said. "Ukraine has not made a decision to grant a special status to certain areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk Region on the permanent basis. A special status for Donbass is a mandatory condition for a political settlement in Ukraine."
"The bill submitted to the Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday on the restoration of sovereignty over Donbass runs counter to the Minsk Accords, pushes Donbass father away from Ukraine and blocks the peace process," he said. "Ukraine has not made a decision to grant a special status to certain areas of the Donetsk and Lugansk Region on the permanent basis. A special status for Donbass is a mandatory condition for a political settlement in Ukraine."
The
ceasefire on the disengagement line in Donbass is violated mainly by Ukrainian
troops, but the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces refuses to impose
responsibility for ceasefire violation, he said.
"Ukraine
refuses to issue orders on disciplinary liability for the violation
of ceasefire," he said, stressing that in most cases the ceasefire is
violated by the Kiev side.
On
Wednesday, Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko submitted to parliament two
bills concerning the situation in Donbass. One refers to the region as an
"occupied territory," accuses Russia of "aggression" and
empowers the head of state to use the armed forces for the
"liberation" of these territories.
The other
bill prolongs the operation of the 2014 law on the special status of Donbas,
adopted as a key document for political settlement in the east of Ukraine
within the framework of the Minsk Accords. However, as before, the duration of
the special status has temporal terms, while the Minsk Accords state clearly
that it should be open-ended.
Source: ITAR-TASS 04-10-2017
