If all parties to the Minsk agreements abide by the agreement, peace would have come to Donbas long ago. This was stated by the former deputy head of the OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine, Alexander Hug. According to him, the mission members record violations every day and compile relevant reports about it.. But, unfortunately, they are all ignored.. "We list violations every day. Of course, not everything, but what we see is indicated in reports in black and white.. If those who signed the agreements reacted to this, if they kept their promises, the situation would improve and people on both sides (of the contact line) would not suffer from this constant insanity, "said Hug on the television channel NewsOne.. A European official gave this interview on the eve of his departure from Ukraine - his term ended on October 31. But even after the resignation, Hug did not dare to say directly who openly violated the Minsk agreements.. On the air of Ukrainian television, he only diplomatically replied that when the parties to the conflict only “point at each other”, this does not help to resolve the situation..

However, on the eve it became known that Kiev sent heavy artillery to the line of demarcation, despite the fact that this contradicted the Minsk agreements. Earlier, Hug admitted that there are no Russian troops in the Donbas. This statement by the OSCE representative in Kiev was sharply criticized, calling it “flawed” and “unsuccessful”. On November 1, former British paratrooper Mark Etherington was appointed deputy head of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine..