NSDC: Russian servicemen to monitor ceasefire within trilateral working group
Russian servicemen will be monitoring the ceasefire and withdrawal of heavy armaments in eastern Ukraine within the trilateral working group, Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center speaker Andriy Lysenko said.
"Servicemen of the Russian Federation have the status of members of the trilateral working group, which will be monitoring the ceasefire regime and the withdrawal of heavy armaments with a caliber larger than 100 millimeters. This is an official status," he told a press briefing in Kyiv on Friday, speaking of the status of 76 Russian servicemen included in the working group.
The working group of the joint center for monitoring and coordination of the ceasefire and phased stabilization along the line of contact in eastern Ukraine, which includes Ukrainian representatives, the OSCE monitoring group and 76 servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces, got down to business at 0800 on Friday.
