in eastern Ukraine conflict can not be resolved by military means, You need to use existing negotiation channels. This was stated on Wednesday in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking in Parliament.
Military means is not solved. We do this under the "Normandy format", we are trying to revive the "Minsk", but depressing, that every night on the contact line is violated ceasefire, that there are limits to the work of OSCE observers, I want to thank - she said, Speaking about the situation in the Donbass.
According to her,, Germany and France “trying to revive the Minsk Agreement”, but permanent “violations on the contact line” are discouraging factor.
Earlier, Angela Merkel has assessed the implementation of the Minsk agreements, pointing out, that the conflict in the Donbas is gaining momentum, and a truce is not satisfied.
She expressed deep concern about a violation of the ceasefire regime.
Ukraine worries us. And “normandskom formats”, which brings together Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine, we try to embody the Minsk agreement. But every night the truce is violated, every day there is loss of life - said Merkel.
