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Kiev says ready to maintain ceasefire in Donbass on continuing basis — official

Ukraine is fulfilling its liabilities concerning ceasefire regime maintenance, says the press center of Kiev’s force operation

KIEV, September 13. /TASS/. The Ukrainian side is ready to maintain the ceasefire regime in Donbass on a continuing basis, a Kiev’s representative to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) said on Tuesday.

"The situation along the line of engagement remains tense but it is under control. The Ukrainian side of the JCCC says that Ukraine is fulfilling its liabilities concerning ceasefire regime maintenance along the entire line of engagement and is ready to maintain the regime of comprehensive cessation of hostilities in Donbass on a continuing basis," the press center of Kiev’s force operation said.

On August 26, the parties to the Contact Group for settling the armed civil conflict in eastern Ukraine made a yet another, ninth, attempt to attain ceasefire. The agreement they reached suggests the ceasefire takes effect as of September 1.