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Donbass and Kiev with Monday needs to cease fire and to put in place additional measures to maintain peace. They will act until the full settlement of the conflict in the region.

A package of additional measures was agreed at the meeting of the contact group on Wednesday and signed by the parties to the conflict. It includes a ban on conducting any type of fire, location of heavy weapons, offensive and subversive actions, and also provides for the disciplinary responsibility for violations of the agreements. It is expected that the implementation of these measures will ensure a full ceasefire in the Donbass.

of a Truce is, there is no peace

Declared on 21 July last year, an indefinite ceasefire has not brought peace in the Donbass. For the year his actions in the breakaway Lugansk national Republic in the shelling killed three civilians, another 40 have been wounded, damaged, 485 houses. According to the office of the DNI in the Joint center for control and coordination of ceasefire (SCCC), for the year, Ukrainian security forces almost 3.9 thousand times violated the truce indefinite. As a result of attacks in the country killed five civilians, 60 were wounded, damaged 800 houses. About the shelling of their positions regularly and said the law-enforcers.

Kiev offers to negotiate a new truce in the Donbass. Donetsk and Lugansk insisted that for a real cease-fire needed effective measures to support and monitor the ceasefire. Among these, in particular, called the prosecution of those responsible for the violation of the truce. A discussion of these measures in the context of the contact group on the settlement of the conflict lasted for almost five months. In DND accused Kiev of unwillingness to work and their signatures a list of measures to secure truce.

"Finally, after nearly five months of resistance, the Ukrainian side found the courage to agree on the measures to cease-fire that was repeatedly offered the Donetsk and Lugansk. In this regard, it is impossible to feel anything but satisfaction. Measures to ensure a cease-fire between Kiev and Donbass should enter into force on July 27," said following the meeting of the contact group envoy of the Russian Federation Boris Gryzlov.

the Steps to ensure truce

The list of measures taken by parties to the conflict in the Donbass, was published by Donetsk and Lugansk following the meeting of the contact group. It includes a ban on offensive and reconnaissance and sabotage actions, for the use of all types of aircraft of the parties to the conflict, application of fire, including sniper, on the placement of heavy weapons in the settlements and their surroundings.

In addition, the application of disciplinary measures for n��violation of the cease-fire with a notification thereof, the contact group coordinator. According to the document, to respond to violations of the ceasefire regime should be established coordination mechanism.

"Return fire in case offensive action is allowed only if it is open by order of the appropriate leadership of the Armed forces of Ukraine and leadership of the armed forces of individual regions of Donetsk and Lugansk regions, after an unsuccessful attempt to use the above-mentioned coordination mechanism", – said in the text of the published measures.

It is also noted that all these measures "can’t be fully or partially disavowed any other orders, including the secret".

According to the agreement, the parties must issue orders for a cease-fire containing measures to maintain it. Act they will start from 00:01 (Kyiv time) on July 27, before the full settlement of the conflict in the Donbass.

the Step to the cease-fire

"This agreement is an important step towards the full, long-lasting and comprehensive ceasefire, as well as one of the major decisions of the summit in the "Normandy format" in Paris. The actual much-anticipated cease-fire and certainly would ease the hardships of civilians in the conflict zone", – said the acting Chairman of the OSCE, Prime Minister of Albania EDI Rama.

UN Secretary-General urged parties to the conflict to comply fully with the agreements and "focus on the protection of civilians that continue to suffer most from ongoing hostilities".

The Russian foreign Ministry said that rely on implementation by the parties of the conflict agreements. In Kiev noted that "a full and comprehensive cease-fire is the basic prerequisite for a political settlement".

the Fragile hopes for peace

The Minister of defense of Ukraine Andrei Taran said that Kiev has political will for a ceasefire in the Donbass from July 27, and expressed the hope for reciprocity of the other party. The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that the agreements reached by the contact group agreement must be signed by the representatives of the countries participating in the "Normandy format" (Ukraine, Russia, France, Germany).

"This document is now awaiting the signature of all parties "channel group", and I believe that all parties will sign. All – Ukraine… France, Germany, Russia and from 27 (July – ed.) believe that there may come a time when the settled cease-fire" – Zelensky said at the briefing.

Foreign Minister DND, the representative of the Republic in the contact group Natalia Nikonorova expressed the opinion that such statements Kiev is trying undoit agreement on the application of additional measures to ensure a cease-fire. She recalled that the document was signed not only by representatives of Kiev, Donetsk and Lugansk, but also "initialed by the mediators – the OSCE and the Russian Federation".

"Key signatures – the signatures of the parties to the conflict: the LC and the DNI on the one hand and Ukraine on the other – is already sufficient to implement these commitments by the orders of the military command. However, Ukraine seeks "a plausible pretext" to voice a different position to achieving real cease-fire", – said the Plenipotentiary representative LNR in the contact group, foreign Minister of the Republic Vladislav Danego.

Later in the headquarters operations of the United forces of Ukraine said that preparations for the truce, and from July 27 to each of the Ukrainian positions additional control over the ceasefire will be carried out by specially seconded to the Ukrainian military.

Their willingness to implement agreed measures ensure that the ceasefire in the Donbass region said the Donetsk and Lugansk.

"We are moving to a permanent ceasefire. All the servicemen of the people’s militia from 00.01 hours on 27 July, prohibits the use of any weapons, including small arms. In the management of the national police was issued an order that brought in the prescribed manner to all units and each soldier under the painting", – said the head of Department of militia of the DNI Dennis Sinenko.

The corresponding order on the implementation of additional measures to ensure the ceasefire was issued in the LC.

Russian expert, member of the Council for interethnic relations under the RF President Bogdan Bezpalko believes that agreements on measures to maintain peace in the Donbass should be treated with cautious optimism. He recalled that previously signed agreements including ceasefire "were ignored by the Ukrainian side".

"This step towards each other needs further confirmation – whether Ukraine will do what is reflected in the decisions of the contact group. We all will see starting Monday" said Bezpalko.

The Ukrainian authorities in April 2014 began a military operation against the breakaway LC and the DNI, which declared independence after a coup in Ukraine in February 2014. According to the latest UN victims of the conflict were about 13 thousand people.

The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, including during meetings in Minsk the contact group, which from September 2014 adopted three documents regulating the steps to de-escalate the conflict. However, after the armistice agreements between the parties to the conflict continue shooting.