France and Germany have a minimal impact on the crisis in Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by the Chairman of the National Council of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Andrey Purgin. "If French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel could affect the situation in Ukraine, they would have done it, and this action would add the political dividends to them. But the silence and the sagging of the situation shows that they can not directly influence, probably because of the US position, " Purgin said, calling not to overestimate the role of Kiev. Nevertheless, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic has supported the speaker of the European Parliament Martin Schulz to extend the implementation of the Minsk Agreement for 2016 due to the fact that Kiev does not have time to fulfill their obligations before the end of this year.
The official representative of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in the Contact Group for resolving the situation in Ukraine, Denis Pushilin says that , "at the moment Kiev does not hold any point of a package of the measures, they are not fully satisfied. Unfortunately, this has become the most time-consuming aspect of the implementation of the Minsk agreements on the part of Kiev. Unfortunately, we see a simulation of the execution of the Minsk agreements from the Kiev side. We see, unfortunately, provocations from Kiev, both in relation to us, and provocations against the special monitoring mission of the OSCE. Unfortunately, we have seen a number of recent provocations starting from the burning of cars, and finishing with the firing directly at inspectors of the special monitoring mission of the OSCE. And today, in principle, we see what that led Kiev to, Poroshenko said today that we must go back to the issue of peacekeepers. Of course, this can cause a lot of complaints, it may cause a lot of controversy, but I would say that at the moment there is no alternative to the Minsk agreements. "
As the only alternative to the implementation of the Minsk agreements Pushilin sees war, death and destruction, "We see, unfortunately, and particularly in recent days, an increase in the number of attacks. First of all this is connected to the fact that Kiev is trying to avoid full implementation of the Minsk agreements. The population will start asking questions, people will begin, shall we say, they already refer to the usual requirements of a normal life and the government cannot justified it. We call a contact group to work constructively. But Kiev at all desire does not manage to fulfill all of its commitments February 12 until the end of the year. Therefore, we support the view of Martin Schulz that it is necessary to extend the implementation of the Minsk Agreement 201Kiev does not physically have time to fulfill all its commitments of February 12 by the end of the year. So here we are, perhaps, once again supporting the opinion of Martin Schulz that it is necessary to extend the implementation of the Minsk Agreement to 2016 ".
Pushilin convinced that otherwise the situation will continue in a military way. "We as no others value every human life, we understand what dead people mean. It would seem that in civilized times, in peacetime, we must make every effort to prevent this. At the same time, we are ready for any eventuality if Kiev selects in their behavioral tactics of trying to solve the issues by force, our army, these are not directly disparate militias for the moment, the army is complete, ready to defend the interests of the Republic. [LPR and DPR]. "
