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Andriy Zagorodnyuk tells Al Jazeera Russian president will 'try to get his hands on Ukraine' as long as he's alive.

We are seeing serious tensions in the east of the country, which we have said since November was our number one concern. Russia is still claiming it is not present in eastern Ukraine, that those formations are independent entities – like independent states, though they are not recognised. Andriy Zagorodnyuk: We don’t see any pullback right now, we actually see a relocation and manoeuvre of the troops so it’s too early to say. It talks about the ceasing of hostilities, which didn’t happen. The release of all political prisoners never happened either. Zagorodnyuk: Minsk has to be evolved somehow because it’s outdated.