“In violation of the direct prescriptions of the Minsk agreements, Ukraine has been refusing to discuss with Donetsk and Lugansk the specifics of the future status of Donbass for seven years and does not disclose its position on this issue.

Failure to reach appropriate agreements is the main reason for the lack of progress in the settlement, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

He also noted that Ukraine has not confirmed a return to participation in the coordinating mechanism agreed in July 2020 to prevent escalation. 

Earlier, the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, announced the degradation of the situation in Donbass.