Stop the bloodshed!
Statement by YABLOKO Chairman, 03.05.2014
On behalf of the YABLOKO party I am conveying our deep condolences to the families and friends of all Ukrainian citizens who died in the past day in Odessa and Slavyansk. I wish a speedy recovery to the injured.
In the face of this terrible tragedy, each side of the conflict has a chance to make a decisive step towards the cessation of the starting civil war.
We believe that the leaders of Russia and Ukraine must immediately start direct negotiations on the end the violence. The package of agreements must include combined measures on the following:
1) ceasefire;
2) disarmament of separatists, their vacating of seized government buildings under amnesty guarantees;
3) suspension of military operations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
We once again are urging the Russian leadership to stop the information war and clearly state that it does not support the separatist actions in Ukraine, stop efforts targeted at instigating civil and armed conflicts in political interests in the territory of Ukraine.
Sergei Mitrokhin,
Chair of the party
May 3, 2014; 1 p.m.
Posted: May 5th, 2014 under Foreign policy, Russia-Ukraine relations.