The first paragraph on establishing a sustainable ceasefire has already been fulfilled, Zelensky believes.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the Minsk agreements on Donbas settlement should be "more flexible."
"We all understand today that we have only the Normandy [Four] format and that we're moving along the Minsk [talks] direction. We understand that the players in the Minsk process are us and the Russian Federation, and we're grateful to the OSCE mediation on this difficult path," Zelensky told BBC's HARDTalk.
However, Zelensky notes, the first main point was to ensure sustainable ceasefire.
"I believe that this point has been fulfilled as of today,” he said.
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According to the president, the handover of the uncontrolled section of the Russian-Ukrainian border to the Ukrainian authorities after the elections in the occupied areas would be a "wrong" sequence of events.
"We cannot ensure the holding of elections there. None of the observers will come. Who will come to that region and hold elections there while there are armed people there. Everyone understands this. But we are walking along the Minsk path. There's a thing: Minsk [deal] needs to be a little more flexible. You should understand that time has passed..." Zelensky stressed.