Merkel and Hollande will offer Putin to exchange the offensive for new borders
Moscow – Kyiv, February 6 (PolitNavigator, Mikhail Shtamm) – According to informed diplomatic sources at Kommersant , the essence of the proposals Angela Merkel and François Hollande will bring to Moscow today may boil down to a ceasefire conditional on recognition of the new demarcation line in favor of the DPR and LPR. In return, Moscow is expected to guarantee an end to the offensive.
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Merkel and Hollande will seek from Moscow and the self-proclaimed republics recognition that Donbass remains part of Ukraine, albeit purely formally for now, the newspaper writes.
Other points of the peace plan could be the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the contact line (all parties agree on this in principle), the involvement of international peacekeeping forces and the establishment of “effective control” on the Russian-Ukrainian border in the part where it comes into contact with the territories of the DPR and LPR ( The biggest problems may arise with this point).
English version :: Read in English: Merkel and Hollande will offer Putin an offensive in exchange for new borders.