According to the authorized representative of Russia in the contact group for Boris Gryzlov, Kiev has not confirmed its readiness to return to the coordination mechanism to prevent escalation agreed in July 2020.
The Ukrainian side was not ready to confirm the return to participate in the coordination mechanism agreed July 22, 2020, to prevent escalation and skirmishes, “the commissioner said at the end of the next meeting.
Gryzlov stressed that Kiev refuses to coordinate the specifics of the future status of Donbas with the self-proclaimed DLR and LPR.
> “This is stated in the Minsk agreements, but the Ukrainian authorities have refused to discuss with representatives of Donetsk and Lugansk the specifics of the future status of Donbas for seven years and do not disclose their position yy on this issue. The inability to reach appropriate agreements is the main reason for the lack of progress in the settlement, “he added, quoted by TASS.