Ukrainian military MOSCOW, Feb 20While Kiev and Donbass have not agreed to convene a meeting of the contact group, a RIA Novosti source in Moscow said. Answering a question about the possibility of holding a meeting of the contact group and the possibility of an agreement between Kiev and Donbass on its holding, the interlocutor of RIA Novosti said that «so far there is no such agreement» On Sunday, the Elysee Palace announced that the Presidents of France and Russia, Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin, during a telephone conversation, agreed to work on organizing a meeting of the trilateral working group on Ukraine in the coming hours. The media, citing a French official, wrote that Macron and Putin agreed to hold talks of a trilateral contact group on Monday. Representatives of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics said on Thursday morning that the armed forces of Ukraine opened fire on their positions. Ruslan Yakubov, head of the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire, told RIA Novosti that Kiev is ignoring the Minsk agreements by using mortars and artillery. Representative of the LPR in the political subgroup Rodion Miroshnik told RIA Novosti that by shelling the territory of the republics of Donbass with heavy weapons, Kiev purposefully violates the ceasefire measures in Donbass signed in the summer of 2020.
Refugees told why they left DonbasThe representative of the People's Militia of the DPR emphasized that the artillery armament of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, prohibited by the Minsk agreements and located in positions near the settlements of Donbass, indicates preparations for a military solution. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov claims that Kiev does not plan any military actions and military operations. As he said on Thursday, Ukraine intends to act in a political and diplomatic way. Western countries that provide diplomatic and military support to Kiev, during the last series of meetings and negotiations, repeatedly called on Kiev to comply with the Minsk agreements. In particular, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that all parties must adhere to them. According to Scholz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised to submit draft laws on the special status of Donbass, constitutional reform and suffrage for discussion in the contact group on Ukraine. 
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