But less auspiciously:
From Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council:
From Interfax-Ukraine:
Russian rocker and activist Andrei Makarevich has had another concert nixed following his public criticism of Moscow over the conflict in Ukraine, rosbalt.ru and baltinfo.ru report.
Officials for the Jagger Club in St. Petersburg reportedly said today that Makarevich's planned September 28 performance there alongside jazzman Ildar Kazakhanov was canceled due to "the artist's inability to take part in the event."
It did not say which musician could not make it.
Makarevich, front man of the legendary band Mashina Vremeni (Time Machine), has had at least four concerts in several Russian cities canceled since being branded a "traitor" -- including by Russian lawmakers -- for putting on concerts for refugees in eastern Ukraine.
Interfax quotes the self-styled deputy head of the "Donetsk People's Republic," Andrei Purgin, as saying implementation of the points of the Minsk protocol is "realistic" but suggesting the process will take considerable time. He also says agreements on technical aspects of implementation should precede any fresh meetings in Minsk:
"The memorandum contains plenty of solutions in various fields, from the unblocking of motorways to demining operations and the withdrawal of military units and hardware. It is realistic to do so. The question is how long it may take," DPR First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Purgin told Interfax on Monday.
A significant number of technicalities will have to be coordinated in order to implement the memorandum, he said.
"Before a new meeting is held in Minsk, it will be necessary to agree on technicalities of the fulfillment of the coordinated provisions and to start doing so. There are lots of technicalities to be coordinated in Skype conferences for putting into practice every provision of this memorandum. We are ready to do so but most importantly this work must not be hindered by anyone," Purgin said.
Via ITAR-TASS:
The buffer zone in eastern Ukraine will be divided into five sectors to be observed by OSCE's about 350 inspectors, Russia's Ambassador to the Organisation Andrei Kelin told ITAR-TASS on Monday.
"The plan to divide the zone into sectors is in place: in Lugansk and in Donetsk will be working 90-100 inspectors in every city; in Kramatorsk, Mariupol and Antracit - 50 in each city.