“When discussing the situation with a settlement in Ukraine, the importance of rigorous implementation of the Minsk“ Package of Measures ”and the agreements reached during the summits in the“ Norman format ”was confirmed, the Kremlin said.

As noted, this primarily concerns the implementation of the "Steinmeier formula" in the legislation of Ukraine and the separation of forces and assets in the agreed sections of the contact line near Zolotoy and Petrovsky.

Earlier, the self-proclaimed LPR stated that the Ukrainian security forces thwarted a third attempt to withdraw forces in the Donbass.

As noted by Vladimir Putin, the Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky was unable to ensure the withdrawal of forces in the areas of Zolotoy and Petrovsky due to the position of nationalist groups.