President Petro Poroshenko has announced a 'day of silence' in eastern Ukraine, to start from December 9. The move is aimed to secure previous ceasefire agreements reached in Minsk in early September, reports GHN based on RT.
Meeting Ukraine's top military officials on Thursday, including Ukraine's defense and interior ministers, Poroshenko pronounced measures to deal with the crisis in eastern Ukraine.
The "day of silence" should be launched in the region on December 9, with further moves to be applied should the anti-government forces violate the previous Minsk agreements, the president's official website reported.
The leaders of the People's Donetsk and Lugansk republics have said they are eager to accept the move suggested by Kiev, but doubt government forces will observe the ceasefire.
"Militia troops only return fire," Donetsk military representatives told the Tass news agency.
Agreement on the "day of silence" has been reached with no preliminary conditions, with the ceasefire terms to be discussed in Minsk next week, the Donetsk rebel forces' representatives told RIA Novosti news agency, adding that the exact date of the talks has not been set yet.
Despite previous ceasefire accords, reached as a result of the contact group meeting in the Belarusian capital on September 5, fighting in eastern Ukraine has continued.