On Sunday, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, called for an urgent truce in the country’s east, where hostilities between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces have escalated in recent days.

He also stated that Ukraine supports peace discussions under the Trilateral Contact Group, in which Ukraine, Russia, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe all engage (OSCE).

“We support stepping up the pace of the peace process. We favor the convening of the TCG as soon as possible, as well as the imposition of a silent regime “On Twitter, Zelenskiy stated.