3 Sep 2014 21:50

DPR leadership promises ceasefire if Kyiv takes same action

MOSCOW. Sept 3 (Interfax) - Militia will stop combat operations if Kyiv goes for a unilateral ceasefire, First Deputy Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Andrei Purgin said.

"A ceasefire is not a truce. If Kyiv goes for a unilateral ceasefire, we will be forced to do the same," Purgin told Interfax.

Purgin intends to participate in the meeting of the contact group for peaceful settlement in eastern Ukraine, which is planned in Minsk on September 5.

"The agenda issues are the same - the issue of a ceasefire, issues of prisoner exchange and the issue of withdrawing Ukrainian troops from DPR territory," Purgin said.