Ex-President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma in the process last Wednesday video conference contact group to resolve the conflict in the East of Ukraine asked unblock delivery of international and Ukrainian humanitarian aid to the residents received damage to regions of Donbass, said Fins news spokesman Kuchma Daria olifer.

in her expressions, the ex-President in the process of video conferencing has made the focus of the parties on the critical importance of emergency security mode complete ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons under the supervision of the OSCE, and also emphasized on the need as soon as possible to make an exchange of prisoners by the formula " all in all ".

"I also ask unblock delivery of international and Ukrainian humanitarian aid received for damage to regions of Donbass" - quoted expression Kuchma's press Secretary.

review Kuchma, ought to do everything to Authorized special monitoring mission of the OSCE was able to fully and freely to do their jobs. In addition, during the video conference Authorized the contact group also heard reports of Ukrainian and Russian officers from the Joint center for control and coordination, added olifer.

The Ukrainian authorities have taken in April of last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup of the region's residents. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The problem of Ukrainian settlement fall under negotiation in different formats, such as at the meetings of the contact group in Minsk, under the mediation of the Russian Federation and the OSCE.

The next meeting of the contact group on 12 February ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone. Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of a "silence" and report that conduct only return fire.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

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