“If the process (of settlement in the Donbass. - RT ) goes further, we will seek and think about the next steps, the modalities of returning people to a peaceful life, holding elections, amnesty, lifting trade restrictions, and restoring full control over our border. Now it’s not so important how we will do it. Or by inviting a peacekeeping mission, or by completing Minsk. Another thing is critically important: we have six months to do this. I will aim the diplomatic service for this six-month period, ”RIA Novosti quotes Priestayko.
On July 17, members of the Donbass contact group agreed on a new indefinite truce, which began on the 21st.
Ukrainian political analyst Vadim Karasev, director of the Institute for Global Strategies, in an interview with the NSN, assessed the likelihood of progress in the Minsk process from Kiev.