Donetsk militia announced agreement with Kiev boundaries of the buffer zone – RBC

The Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Donetsk Alexander Zaharchenko

Photo: RIA Novosti

The authorities of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Donetsk have signed an agreement with Kiev on the demarcation line. This was stated by Prime Minister Alexander DNR Zaharchenko conference of his movement “Hold».

«We have signed an agreement with Kiev on the demarcation line. According to him, the security forces left several cities, including the Sands “- quoted Zaharchenko RIA Novosti. Zaharchenko also reported that Kiev will leave Marinka (district center in the suburbs of Donetsk) and the village of May Day.

Mariupol, Slavic and Kramators’k, according Zaharchenko, remain under the control of Kiev.

The creation of a buffer zone implies a memorandum signed in Minsk on September 19 Under the agreement, the zone forming on the basis of the line contact of the parties as of September 19 of this line is delayed at least 15 km on each side. From this area should be inferred heavy weapons.

The international mission on border delimitation of the buffer zone was launched in Mariupol on October 4.

This week the “Vedomosti” newspaper, citing a source close the Russian Ministry of Defense, wrote that the OSCE mission in identifying and designating areas on the contact line in the Donbass will help about 80 officers of the Armed Forces of Russia. Source publication said that the Russian officers will also have to identify the weapons that Ukraine and the self-proclaimed militia Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics will have to withdraw from this line.

According to him, sending Russian officers due to the fact that the OSCE mission is still unable to establish any monitoring a truce, nor to establish lines of demarcation between the parties nor control the discharge of artillery, provided by the Minsk memorandum.

The main obstacle to determine the dividing line is the situation around Donetsk, the source said. DNR does not agree with the Ukrainian security forces control over the airport and towns Sands Avdiyivka and Krasnogorovka. Moscow proposes to make the Ukrainian military-controlled territory near Donetsk demilitarized zone, told the newspaper.