Monday, July 27, in the breakaway republics in the Donbass must begin a new life. The trilateral contact group on Ukraine, reported on the new arrangements. If all srastetsya, as it is written on paper, the frontline areas will forget about the horrors of martial law.
But in order. From July 27 to effect the orders of the command of the APU and the militia DNI, LC on additional measures for compliance with the existing indefinite truce of the parties for the entire period until the full and final settlement of the conflict.
the Donbass and Kiev adopted a package of additional measures have already been called a breakthrough for cautious optimism on this issue was expressed by Moscow.
all this Sounds nice and means that the demarcation line between the warring parties is now forever stop the exchange of “pleasantries”, that is, the return fire hits.
what are these additional measures, which should guarantee a comprehensive cease-fire?
a Mutual ban on the conduct of offensive and reconnaissance and sabotage activities, as well as on the use of all types of aircraft, the taboo on the use of fire, including sniper, and a ban on the deployment of heavy artillery near the boundary line positions of the conflicting parties.
More documents provide for sanctions against violators of the truce, and even harsh, but fair, disciplinary action on them.
However, judging by avaricious messages of news agencies, “additional controls” nothing really new does not bear. The mode of the indefinite truce was introduced earlier, but as you know, were not observed. Otherwise why to introduce additional measures? Withdrawal of heavy artillery by 15 kilometers from the contact line stipulated by the Minsk agreements is still. It turns out that to take heavy equipment will again.
Perhaps the crucial role this will play spelled out in the concluded agreement, sanctions against violators and disciplinary action on them?
We addressed for the comment to Vladimir Jarigina Deputy head of the Institute of CIS countries.
– On the background of the practical refusal of the Minsk agreement, Kiev will need to submit some optimistic signs that all say, well, that “process goes”, he says. – And that the truce – the basic prerequisite for compliance with the Minsk agreements, the path to the implementation of the other provisions of this document.
the Current “breakthrough”, which was also announced and the administration of President Zelensky, in my opinion, from the same Opera, the usual political PR. And he once again managed Ukraine. The EU has already declared a constructive position of Kiev in the matter.
But what kind of progress at the talks can be discussed, if beech��cially yesterday in Gorlovka (DPR) mortar fire APU defeated the water tower and put city residents on the brink of a humanitarian disaster?
Kiev is just starting to misbehave based on the fact that Russia, as a member of the trilateral contact group, will not stand, will take any hasty steps, and it will be possible to blame the failure of the Minsk process. This is important.
unfortunately, the OSCE, which is monitoring the situation on the demarcation line, did not become fully independent and is not interested in the establishment of the ceasefire in the region.
