MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) – The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) favors the creation of a 50-kilometer (30-mile) demilitarized zone at its borders to prevent provocations and shelling of its territory, a spokesman for the republic told RIA Novosti Thursday.
The spokesman said the ceasefire in practice is possible “as soon as the Ukrainian troops are withdrawn to the distance from which they won’t be able to use long-range artillery, which it at least 50 kilometers away from the DPR borders.”
According to the official, all heavy weaponry should be withdrawn beyond the 50-kilometer-wide stretch of demilitarized land along the republic’s border with Ukraine.
“This is needed to prevent possible provocations and bombing of the republic’s territory,” he said.
