KIEV, June 26 – Second Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, who is a member of the tripartite contact group, said that on behalf of the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, he and other members of the group are ready to hold another meeting to resolve the situation in Ukraine's east.

"While the trilateral contact group is ready to seek ways to peace, the consultations have not started, no signals have arrived from the other side, whereas 32 hours remain until the ceasefire ends," Kuchma said in a statement made available to Interfax-Ukraine on Thursday.