Interfax: DPR to launch combat actions if Ukraine breaches truce – Zakharchenko

DEBALTSEVE. (Donetsk region). Nov 4 (Interfax) – The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) will launch combat actions at a place they will find necessary, if Ukraine breaches the truce, DPR leader Alexander Zakharchenko said.

“The ceasefire is notional, yesterday I heard and saw how the silence regime is being implemented and watched the gunfire on Pesky and the frontline positions of our battalions, which are staying there,” he told reporters on Wednesday.

“There are two ways – to bring back our territories in the political way, I will be saying about this, unless this comes out or we understand that this cannot be done. If the ceasefire is violated by Kyiv, we will allow ourselves to launch combat actions at a place we will find necessary. Perhaps, there is no ceasefire as such,” Zakharchenko said.

“We and Ukraine have different interpretations of Minsk [Minsk agreements]. If we realize that it is impossible, Minsk [process] will end,” he said.