Truce requires creation of humanitarian corridor for Slovyansk, halt of hostage-taking - administration of Donetsk People's Republic
MOSCOW. June 27 (Interfax) - A truce in eastern Ukraine is impossible without the observance of a number of conditions, Andrei Purgin, first deputy prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, told Interfax.
"To really cease fire, a number of preparations need to be made. Firstly, humanitarian assistance, which is being accumulated in the Rostov region in trucks and which Ukrainian customs officers are trying to prevent from entering Ukraine or even try to make it go through customs clearance, needs to be allowed to enter the country. Secondly, the creation of a humanitarian corridor for Slovyansk. And the third important condition is to stop the practice of hostage-taking," Purgin said.
Purgin said he does not understand the threats made by Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov on the use of violence for resolving this situation.
"They are using violence already. There was no ceasefire in reality. I don't understand what can change for us," Purgin said.
Turchynov earlier said there will be no alternative to the introduction of martial law in the region and the use of violence for resolving the situation if the peace initiatives proposed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko are not supported.
