The United Nations has urged restraint by all parties in eastern Ukraine amid fresh shelling that violated a ceasefire under the Minsk Agreement.
“If verified, these must not be allowed to escalate further. We call on all sides to exercise maximum restraint at this sensitive time,” Rosemary DiCarlo, the UN undersecretary general, told a Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
In this context, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said in a report issued today: “ We reiterate our support for the Minsk agreements to deliver a peaceful resolution to the conflict in full respect of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the work of the Trilateral Contact Group and the Normandy Four in this regard.”
Basma Qaddour