(dif.org.ua) I would like to share my thoughts on the ceasefire that was introduced one more time in the Donbas. Definitely, it is good to have a ceasefire. We don’t know for how long it will last because all previous attempts to introduce ceasefires have failed. We hope that this ceasefire will work, but there are questions. The first question is that we don’t have the official text of the document on the ceasefire. Basically, we do not know who has signed it and in what capacity. We have quotes from this document – from OSCE, for example, or from the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine – but not the original text. So, we do not know whether pro-Russian proxies signed it, who signed it and what their so-called titles are. And this is very important for us to know. Do they mention so-called “representatives” of the occupied areas? The traditional Ukrainian position was that there were no official “representatives” for the occupied areas because there were no fair and free elections. […]
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