Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a telephone conversation MOSCOW, Feb 12The Ukrainian Opposition Platform – For Life (OPPL) party has called on President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team to comply with the Minsk agreements or resign. The text of the appeal is published on the party's website. .
In Ukraine, they were afraid of the «true face of Zelensky» In particular, politicians demand that the current government organize the productive work of the Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk and agree on positions in the Normandy format. They also ask to adopt laws on the peculiarities of elections in Donetsk and Luhansk, on a special procedure for local self-government and constitutional provisions on the special status of Donbass. In their opinion, only with the implementation of the Minsk agreements, Ukraine will be able to end the internal conflict and overcome the energy crisis.
Medvedchuk told why Zelensky refused the Minsk agreementsOn Saturday, the anniversary of the signing of the Set of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements, which took place on February 12, 2015 in Minsk, is coming. On that day, many hours of negotiations were held between the leaders of the countries of the Normandy Four (Germany, Russia, France, Ukraine). At the same time, a meeting of the contact group to resolve the situation in Ukraine took place. As a result of the meetings, a set of measures was adopted. The document, consisting of 13 points, provides, in particular, for a ceasefire in the Donbass, the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the demarcation line between the Kiev security forces and the militia, as well as other measures for a long-term political settlement of the situation in the Donbass. Moscow has repeatedly noted that Kiev is not fulfilling the Minsk agreements and delays negotiations to resolve the conflict. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Kiev sent half of the entire personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine to the Donbass. Moscow expressed concern about the transfer of military equipment from NATO countries to the Russian borders and the increase in the number of Western instructors in the Donbass. Western countries continue to provide military support to Ukraine, including by supplying weapons that are used in the Donbas.
