Security in Donbas was key issue addressed by all subgroups of trilateral group in Minsk
The main issue addressed in the meetings between the subgroups of the trilateral contact group on the settlement of the situation in Donbas in Minsk, on Wednesday, was security in the conflict zone, Iryna Gerashchenko, first deputy speaker of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada and Kyiv's representative in the humanitarian subgroup of the contact group, said.
"The key issue for all groups was security. Ukraine demands the halting of attacks, ceasefire observance, the creation of a special security zone near checkpoints. It's unacceptable: the increase of attacks, the number of wounded and killed people. Without the ceasefire regime, it is impossible to make headway on all other issues," Gerashchenko said on Facebook on Wednesday after the subgroup meeting.
She said that military action destroys the infrastructure, which was rebuilt thanks to the Minsk process. "Specifically, we are talking about the Mykytivka-Mayorsk railways and other infrastructure facilities," she said.
Gerashchenko said these issues, along with the water supply and railway issues, were the key issues addressed in the meeting of the economic subgroup.