Five participants of the special operation in the Donbass went to Lithuania for treatment, informs on the Last working day of the week, the press service of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine.

As informs a press-service, the Soldiers from Dnipropetrovsk region " with bullet wounds of the hands and feet for rehabilitation went to a military rehabilitation centre of Druskininkai.

according to information from the Ministry of defence, Lithuania took on the rehabilitation of 16 the Ukrainian security forces in 2015, and just over the years the country has expressed willingness to take about 50 Ukrainian military. In total involving the European countries and charities for 2014-2015 from medical institutions of Dnipropetrovsk region for treatment and rehabilitation in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany aimed 131 of the defender of Ukraine, which received damage to the body in the area of special operations.

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 settlement of the situation in the Donbas is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

The last document is dated 12 February - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a security zone, obliges the Authorities of Ukraine to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, on the issue of conduct in local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of Power, as well as on the issue of legislative recognition of special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".

the results of the last meeting of the contact group 6 may present turned out to form four working sub-groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict. It is envisaged that they will start operating already in the middle of may.

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