Denis Voroshilov. In the conflict in Ukraine as of end of 2014 lost his life 4, 7 thousand people, over a million have been displaced, said the head of the research group transnational threats and political risk at London's branch of the American international Institute for strategic studies (IISS) Nigel Inkster.

"The Minsk agreement on ceasefire signed in September, however violent action continues, although with less intensity and frequency. At the end of 2014 4,700 people have lost their lives in the conflict and more than a million displaced. Explosions in Odessa and Kharkiv regions located outside the observation of the separatists, say about the potential spread of instability to other regions of the country, " said Inkster, introducing into the environment an annual report on the results of the research happening in the world of armed conflict.

along with this, the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict in the Donbas have more than 6, 2 thousand people.

According to British researchers, the Conflict in Ukraine is the highest in the European Union and Eurasia and threatens overall security. Inkster suggests that in the process of the conflict, despite the actions performed on the settlement, still " can be a clash of countries."

"afterward as separatists seized parts of Luhansk and Donetsk regions in April 2014, the Ukrainian army launched a counter-terrorism operation. The conflict has continued to grow through the summer of 2014 when provided separatists with Russian support, " he added.

Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to domestic conflict and is not privy to the events in the South-East, is interested in Ukraine overcame political and economic crisis.

The settlement of the situation in the Donbass discussed during the meeting in Minsk of the 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 the 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 sub-working groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict.

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