Contact Group Meeting in Minsk in connection with the crisis in Ukraine is over.

The two sides discussed the possibility of setting a 30-kilometer buffer zone near Shirokino and withdrawal of tanks from the front line.

The contact group will continue to work and will hold the next meeting in Minsk on August 26 . The population of Mariupol protests against the creation of Buffer zone.

They believe that if Kiev withdraws the equipment, the city will be not protected from separatists.