Due to long transport blockade of Donbass from the Ukrainian authorities, the residents of the self-proclaimed Luhansk people's Republic to see relatives must swim to the side, controlled by the Kyiv security forces, on boats, said on the first day of the weekend correspondents in Lugansk Minister of infrastructure, transport and communications LNR Alexander Chumachenko.

"Even pedestrian crossings they (the Ukrainian Authorities) closed. Poor citizens to visit relatives or to go on business on Ukrainian territory must illegally cross to the other side in boats, " said Chumachenko.

He expressed the hope that soon the blockade will still shoot, which will have the opportunity again to start the bus moving passengers throughout the region.

"I have a dream that in the near future reason will prevail, and we are complete will serve not only the part of the Republic, which is, and will resume our route network throughout the Luhansk region ", - said Chumachenko.
June 3 in the area of Marinci has been a serious battle, the victims of which, according to the UN, became 34. The military has accused the militia in the attack, the same called statements of Kiev speculation. Authorized self-proclaimed republics said that the Ukrainian Military continues to pull to the contact line of heavy equipment and jet systems of volley fire, and the intensity of the attacks increased. The authorities DND and LNR pushing that War had brought heavy weapons to a safe distance, regulated by the Minsk agreements. Read

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