OREANDA-NEWS. Comment by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko regarding the ceasefire in Donbas:

"I welcome the agreement, which was reached within the Trilateral Contact Group following my initiative, to undertake additional measures towards establishing a comprehensive, sustainable and durable ceasefire starting from 24 December 2016.

I rely that these measures, which will be implemented on the eve of the New Year and Christmas festivities, will help make the ceasefire permanent.

Ukraine confirms its readiness to fulfil this and other Minsk agreements.

I call on Russia to ensure strict observance of the ceasefire as well as the implementation of other agreements, in particular."