About 8 thousand people returned to debaltseve after the city came under the observation of the self-proclaimed militia Donetsk national Republic, since February, its population has nearly tripled, said the head of city administration Alexander Afendikov.

in the area of Debaltsevo in February there were clashes between security forces and militias. Militias on February 19 told that the operation in Debaltsevo in practice ended, the city in General came under their supervision. Visited debaltseve Workers OSCE recorded numerous destruction. DNR authorities say that humanitarian aid arrives in the city every day.

"at the time when we liberated the city, there were about 4, 5 thousand people, today officially registered 12, 5 thousand ", - quotes Afendikov Donetsk news Agency on Wednesday.

in the beginning of 2014 in Debaltsevo lived more than 25 thousand people.

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. The problem of settlement of the Ukrainian fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, at the meetings of the contact group in Minsk with the mediation of Russia and the OSCE.

The next meeting of the contact group on February 12 ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, 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 the "silence" and report that conduct only return fire. Kiev is considering an appeal to the UN and the EU on the introduction of peacekeepers in Donbass.

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