MFA of Ukraine calls on Moscow to take a constructive stance towards achieving progress in the framework of the existing negotiation formats

Such a move will cause a serious blow to the politico-diplomatic settlement that Ukraine and its partners have been actively engaged to promote

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has issued a statement in response to the State Duma of the Russian Federation approving an appeal to the Russian President to recognize the so-called “Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics”, Qazet.az reports.

The statement reads: "Ukraine’s standpoint remains unchanged: Russia’s recognition of the so-called “Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics” will be tantamount to its deliberate withdrawal from the Minsk Agreements. Such a move will cause a serious blow to the politico-diplomatic settlement that Ukraine and its partners have been actively engaged to promote.