A new attempt to disengage forces near
Stanitsa Luganskaya in Donbass is set for November 4.
MOSCOW, October 31. /TASS/. A new attempt to disengage forces near
Stanitsa Luganskaya in Donbass is set for November 4, but Ukraine will
undermine it for sure, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at Tuesday’s
meeting with the members of the Association of European Businesses.
"The [Normandy format] leaders agreed to galvanize establishment of security areas along the contact line a year ago," Lavrov reiterated. "Several areas were chosen as a pilot zone. Heavy armaments were disengaged in two areas, and the third area, coordinated by all, is called Stanitsa Luganskaya.
"The [Normandy format] leaders agreed to galvanize establishment of security areas along the contact line a year ago," Lavrov reiterated. "Several areas were chosen as a pilot zone. Heavy armaments were disengaged in two areas, and the third area, coordinated by all, is called Stanitsa Luganskaya.
Efforts to disengage heavy armaments there failed, as Ukrainians said
they could not do it because of the ongoing firing."
The
minister noted that the Ukrainian side said then it was ready to start the
disengagement only after a week of complete silence. "Since that time -
you can learn it from the members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission - this
organization reported absolute silence eight times, but each time when the OSCE
reported about it and suggested the start of heavy arms disengagement,
Ukrainians said ‘this is your statistics, and we counted one hundred
shots,’" the Russian top diplomat continued.
"There
[will be] a new attempt to start the disengagement on November 4," Lavrov
added. "This will be the ninth week of complete silence that - I hardly
doubt it, although I want to be mistaken - will be disputed by Ukrainians who
will present their statistics.".
Source: ITAR-TASS 31-10-2017
