On Monday, November 4, a separation of forces was disrupted, which was supposed to take place in accordance with the agreement of the contact group in the Donbass on the site of the demarcation line near the village of Petrovskoye. As stated in the representative office of the Donetsk People’s Republic in the Joint Center for the Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire, the process was disrupted due to Kiev.

At 13:00 Moscow time, representatives of the DPR People’s Militia fired a white flare as a sign of readiness for breeding, while no response was taken from the Ukrainian positions.

“The Ukrainian president has repeatedly stated his commitment to the challenge in Petrovsky. But today, once again, the OOS command sabotaged all the instructions of the president, and there is no challenge in Petrovsky, ”said Ruslan Yakubov, head of the DPR’s representative office in the Central Control Commission.

According to him, the date of the next withdrawal of forces in this sector will be agreed at the next meeting in Minsk of the contact group for the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Donbass, which is scheduled for November 12.

At the same time, the press center of the headquarters of the operation of the combined forces of Ukraine called the DPR’s readiness for a separation of forces “provocation”, since less than 7 days have passed since the last violation of the full ceasefire regime. The agency referred to the report of the OSCE special monitoring mission of October 31, which a day earlier recorded the fact of violation of the ceasefire by the militias. At the same time, the head of the CAB Vladimir Kravchenko said that the withdrawal of forces in Petrovsky would take place on November 8, if there were no ceasefire violations up to that point.

  • Ukrainian soldiers in the area of ​​the village of Golden
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The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Zagorodnyuk spoke about plans to transfer the process. And on November 4, Foreign Minister Vadim Priestayko commented on the situation.

“With regard to non-breeding in the Petrovsky area, you know that, according to our estimates, the breeding was to begin today. But a few days ago there were shelling in the breeding area ... This was recorded by the OSCE SMM. Therefore, we were forced to postpone breeding to the period when again ... how will the seven-day period of silence be achieved, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

However, the representative office of the DPR in the CCCC disagreed with a similar interpretation of the situation on the demarcation line

“Such statements show the lack of authority of his own supreme commander in chief, who previously reported on the planned withdrawal of forces and assets from the site on November 4. In addition, such actions by the Ukrainian side are manipulative in nature, they are an outright sabotage of the Minsk agreements and an attempt to re-arrange all agreements in their own way, ”the DNR said.

Earlier, in the self-proclaimed Donbass republics, it was indicated that the withdrawal of forces in Petrovsky does not imply the observance of the seven-day “regime of silence”. In addition, they emphasized in Lugansk that Kiev also uses the tactics of “self-shelling” to prevent the implementation of the Minsk agreements.

Recall, on October 29, the separation of forces took place in the area of ​​the village of Zolotoye. This was preceded by a visit to the region by Vladimir Zelensky, who talked locally with nationalists opposing the process, urging them to surrender their weapons. As later reported in the office of the President of Ukraine, these civilians complied with the request of the head of state, but remained in the so-called “yellow zone”.

“There are those who are not interested in ending the war.”

Political scientist Ivan Meziukho called the expected failure of an attempt to withdraw troops in Petrovsky, given the rhetoric of representatives of Ukrainian politics.

“This circumstance will, of course, be negatively perceived in the republics of Donbass, this situation does not bring the country closer to the world. In fact, we see that Zelensky and his team are unable or unwilling to fulfill their obligations, ”the source said.

Moreover, the expert pointed out that part of the Ukrainian government is profitable to continue the war in Ukraine.

“Formally, Zelensky has all the powers to ensure the withdrawal of forces, establish a ceasefire, fulfill all agreements within the framework of Steinmeier’s formula, and move towards the gradual implementation of the Minsk agreements. Nevertheless, in Ukraine there are forces that oppose such development. Moreover, there are those inside the Ukrainian government who are not interested in ending the war, ”the expert concluded.

  • OSCE observers (left) monitor the withdrawal of forces from the LPR units in the village of Zolotoye in the Luhansk region
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In turn, the Ukrainian political scientist and economist Alexander Dudchak noted that he would be surprised if the process in Petrovsky took place on the schedule.

“In my opinion, they have already delayed the wait. It would still be in the power of the president, if he had a desire. He has the capabilities, the support of the population, the army, which is not against stopping the war. For a long time, everything could have been done, which means we will assume that this is the true will and desire of the Ukrainian leadership - prolongation of the conflict. The implementation of the Minsk agreements will require an answer to the questions why the war began, who caused the war, why so many people died, who should restore it, ”the political scientist said in an interview with RT.