And if the conflicting parties in the Donbass decide to build up their forces and means, then in an hour along 500 kilometers of contact line military operations will stop altogether. This was reported by the deputy head of the OSCE monitoring mission Alexander Khug on August 28, in the context of an interview for the media.

According to Hug, he is not able to find the answer - why do not the parties divorce their forces at a given distance? The OSCE representative stressed that the parties to the conflict can withdraw weapons and stop the fire - this is real.

As reported URA-Inform, Hug also said that the Minsk agreements do not contain a provision that allows reciprocal fire.