3 civilians were killed and six were injured body as a result of the clashes in Maryino and Artemivsk, Donetsk region, informs on Thursday a press-service of the MIA of Ukraine.

"From the bullets of the terrorists in Marinka and Krasnogorovka lost his life 2, 1975 and 1963 year of birth, and a woman born in 1980.. injured 5 people ", - is informed in the report.

It is also stated that on Thursday it was announced about the victim during the shelling of the village of Artemovsk of Lugansk region. A man born in 1939 received a shrapnel wound of the shoulder as a result of rupture of the shell.

in these cases opened criminal proceedings according to paragraph " a terrorist act that led to the death of man ". The sanction of article provides penalties in the form of the sentence up to fifteen years or in jail for life.

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, 4 thousand people.

The settlement of the situation in the Donbass 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 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.


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

One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev Authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read

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