Children's Ombudsman: Kiev does not recognize the facts of birth and death in DND
The Ukrainian authorities refused to recognize the facts of birth and death within the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic (DND), said at a press conference in MIA "Russia today" children's Ombudsman DNR Jan Chepikova.
"within DNR documented the birth of children, and our children receive birth certificates of the established sample on the letterhead of Ukraine, with the Ukrainian printing. But citizens do not have the opportunity to travel within Ukraine and to receive benefits on the birth of a child, because there is a checkpoint system that is extremly difficult to cross, " he said Chepikova.
She also stressed that in Ukraine are not valid documents issued within the DNR, "today Ukraine is not willing to recognize the fact of having children in our country, the same applies to the provisions for the examination of deaths within DND and LNR, Ukraine does not recognize these documents," concluded Chepikova.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people.