The ceasefire ordered by the Ukrainian forces

(BRUSSELS2) The Ukrainian authorities have ordered all their troops to stop fighting at 0:23 (kyiv time = XNUMX:XNUMX Brussels / Paris / Berlin time). Interior Minister Arsen Avakov confirmed this in an official statement. " I signed a telegram ordering all Interior Ministry forces to cease fighting at midnight on Sunday in accordance with the Minsk agreements”. It's not the many provocations of Russian fighters “Which have been missing in recent days, he recalls on his facebook page. " The shelling, unprecedented, on Debaltseve (Debaltsevo) » as " tank attacks in Širokino, near Mariupol ". " Despite everything, the President gave the order to all military units of Ukraine. As Minister, I declare: All units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Guard of Ukraine will cease fire at midnight. »

The 4 guarantors of the Minsk agreements V. Putin, P. Poroshenko, A. Merkel and F. Hollande must meet this Sunday to verify the aspects of the ceasefire which triggers a much more detailed process than what says the first comments (Read about the Club: The Minsk 2 agreement. A text that provides for a tight agenda for peace but gray areas). Complex and delicate, it provides for other steps that should anchor if not reconciliation and peace, at least allow a ceasefire that is a little more durable than the previous ones. Let's hope so.

(Nicolas Gros-Verheyde)