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Ukraine signs buffer zone deal with pro-Russians
Ukraine signs buffer zone deal with pro-Russians, Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian militias were due on Saturday to pull back their troops from a demilitarised zone created under a new peace plan agreed in marathon overnight talks.
- Both sides agree to withdraw troops from the buffer zone
- Forces are required to retreat 15 km from current frontlines
Kiev: Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian militias were due on Saturday to pull back their troops from a demilitarised zone created under a new peace plan agreed in marathon overnight talks.
A nine-point agreement thrashed out in the Belarussian capital Minsk also requires the withdrawal of all "mercenaries" from the conflict zone and an immediate end to hostilities.
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But Russia appeared ready to keep up the pressure on its westward-leaning neighbour by sending in a new 30-truck convoy it said was carrying aid for the rebel-held city of Donetsk, but that Ukraine never approved.
Former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma - who is representing Kiev in the stuttering efforts to resolve the five-month conflict - said the agreement rested on the creation of a 30-kilometre (19-mile) buffer zone.Forces from both sides are required to retreat 15 kilometres from current frontlines within 24 hours of the signing of the accord and allow monitors from the OSCE pan-European security organisation into the area to make sure the truce holds. The areas under rebel control would be left open to their administration under a temporary self-rule plan adopted by lawmakers in Kiev on Tuesday.
The Minsk pact - also signed by Moscow's ambassador to Kiev and the self-proclaimed "prime ministers" of the rebel-run regions of Donetsk and Lugansk - aims to shore up a ceasefire deal agreed two weeks ago.
