The representative of Ukraine in the Tripartite contact group Leonid Kuchma said that the introduction of UN peacekeepers in the Donbass in the version proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, is unacceptable.
According to him, “Russia wants to drive into a corner the situation, then you don’t know how to leave.”
Kuchma said that the peacekeeping force should be throughout the country.
“Peacekeeping troops should stand on the whole territory of Ukraine”, – he said.
He did not exclude that peacekeeping forces can stand on the line of contact, “but the Ukrainian-Russian border must”.
Kuchma also expressed surprise regarding the fact that UN peacekeepers should protect the Special monitoring mission of the OSCE.
“This is a travesty: peacekeepers must protect peacekeepers. Introduce peacekeeping troops to protect people and to help end the conflict the warring parties”, – he stressed.
According to Kuchma, today 400 km unprotected border of Ukraine is “a purely Russian border”.
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