"Issues of human security and humanitarian tasks have become the main themes of the work of the contact group meeting, which eventually became one of the most productive," TASS quoted him as saying.

Gryzlov also positively assessed the fact that, as part of the election campaign to Ukraine for parliament, “the demand of the Ukrainian society for a dialogue with the Donbas and for the implementation of the Minsk agreements has increased significantly.”

Previously, members of the contact group agreed on a new indefinite truce, which begins on July 21.

Ukrainian political scientist, director of the Institute of Global Strategies Vadim Karasyov, in an interview with NSN, estimated the likelihood of progress in the Minsk process from Kiev. According to him, a lot in this issue depends on the results of parliamentary elections.