Self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic will cease fire if Kyiv honors its obligations reached in Minsk
MOSCOW. Sept 5 (Interfax) - The leadership of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) welcomes the ceasefire agreement reached in Minsk but warns that a ceasefire is possible only if Kyiv delivers on the commitments that it undertook at the consultations on Friday.
"We welcome the Minsk agreements and favor a political settlement of the conflict," Myroslav Rudenko, a militia leader and a member of the DPR Supreme Council, told Interfax on Friday.
However, "the fundamental issue is how the Ukrainian side complies with the ceasefire agreements," he said.
"If Kyiv fulfils the obligations it undertook in Minsk, a ceasefire starting from 6:00 p.m. on Friday is possible," he said.
Rudenko claimed that Ukrainian government forces had shelled the Tekstylshchyk neighborhood in Donetsk with a Tochka-U tactical ballistic missile system only an hour before the truce was declared.
Another problem is "how the Kyiv authorities control the battalions fighting in the southeast and how much they can control them in the future," he said.
