Berlin is concerned about the developments in eastern Ukraine, particularly the blockade and calls on both parties to stop actions that lead to even greater escalation, German Federal Government Spokesman Steffen Seibert and German Foreign Ministry Spokesman Martin Schaefer stated on Wednesday, Ukrinform reports.
The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine (NSDC) decided to suspend the transportation of cargo across the contact line in Donbas, Secretary of the NSDC Oleksandr Turchynov stated following a Council’s meeting on March 15, the NSDC’s press service informs.
The Ukrainian government will review and restrict a list of goods that are allowed to carry through a contact line in eastern Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday.
The residents of Marinka and Krasnohorivka towns on contact line in Donetsk region are not planned to be evacuated, Chief of the National Police department in Donetsk region Vyacheslav Abroskin said on Facebook.