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16 of June, 19:32

Meeting of the contact group on Ukraine ended in Minsk
The meeting of the contact group on resolving the situation in Ukraine in Minsk came to an end, said a spokesman for the foreign Ministry of Belarus Dmitry Mironchik.




"The meeting is over," said Mironchik, reports RIA " Novosti ". Before this Tuesday in the Belarusian capital hosted meetings of the three thematic sub-groups: security, humanitarian and political issues. The previous Meeting of the contact group took place on 2 June. With fifteen February, the parties to the conflict in the Donbass declared a truce, under agreements concluded in Minsk after almost 16 hours of negotiations. However, despite the control system of the ceasefire, for the last time period shelling in Eastern Ukraine again became frequent. Since mid-April last year, the Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine "special operation" to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. The military actively used heavy machinery and military aircraft and helicopters. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 4 thousand People.

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