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Lethal weapon supplies to Ukraine not discussed in Germany — official

"The conflict (in Ukraine) cannot be settled by military means," spokesman for the German Cabinet Steffen Seibert said
Donetsk People's Republic militia Valery Sharifulin/TASS
Donetsk People's Republic militia
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Representatives of Ukraine, Russia, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) signed the Minsk Protocol, an agreement to halt the war in the Donbas region of Ukraine, on 5 September 2014. It was signed after extensive talks in Minsk, Belarus, under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The agreement, which followed multiple previous attempts to stop fighting in the Donbas, implemented an immediate ceasefire, however, failed to fully stop fighting in Donbas.

A German Foreign Ministry representative said for his part that “neither the toughening or easing of the sanctions” against Russia in connection with the situation in the republic was currently under consideration.