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Vladimir Zelensky and Andriy Ermak in Donbass (Photo: Andriy Ermak / Facebook)
The head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, commented on the worsening situation in Donbass.
He called the sharp increase in the number of bombings in the JFO area «a very well organized provocation ”, adding that it was impossible to continue the negotiations.
“Maintaining the ceasefire is the most important thing. It is impossible to continue with other negotiations when our people are being killed. It is important that special groups of snipers who are not on permanent deployment are killed. I mean, it’s a provocation, very well organized. These are professional murderers, they come here for this, ”he said, according to the press service of the Presidency.
Yermak recalled that, despite the provocations of the invaders, Ukraine continues to adhere to the ceasefire regime.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during a working trip to the OOS, said that it was difficult for the Ukrainian side to observe the ceasefire in Donbas.
Formally, since July 27, 2020, a regime of silence has been in force in Donbas, but within six months after the conditional ceasefire in the Joint Forces Operation zone, 13 Ukrainian soldiers died due to the attacks. of militants. Four of them, in January 2021, four more, in February.
