Tag: Donetsk People’s Republic

U.S. – Live At State With Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Kurt Volker

U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations 

Washington, DC

March 18, 2019

English Transcript:

MODERATOR: Welcome to LiveAtState, the State Department’s Department’s interactive virtual press briefing platform. I’m delighted to welcome participants joining us today from around Europe and across the globe. Today we’ll be speaking with Ambassador Kurt Volker, U.S. special representative for Ukraine negotiations, about the conflict in Ukraine and the status of negotiations five years on from Russia’s claimed annexation of Crimea.

The Ukraine conflict in 2019: Prospects for de-escalation look remote

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

As told by Ukraine’s side:

It has been almost five years since the signing of the Minsk Agreements, which represent the only existing conduit for the gradual de-escalation of this conflict. Increasing ceasefire violations and obstruction of monitoring suggest that de-escalation remains unlikely.
— Read on globalriskinsights.com/2019/01/prospects-for-de-escalating-the-conflict-in-eastern-ukraine/