KIEV, Feb. 2 – Representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics threatened during the Saturday consultations in Minsk to resume full-scale fighting along the frontline if their demands are not met, Ukraine's second President Leonid Kuchma said.

"They demanded that the Ukrainian president issue an order on unilateral ceasefire, and threatened to resume full-scale fighting along the frontline if this ultimatum is not met," he said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.