The ICRC will join the work on the release of prisoners in the Donbass, said the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
"We must achieve bestlocation the release of the hostages. The staff in the international Department of the red cross are required to connect to this work ", ? leads RIA "Novosti" message Poroshenko on the first day of the weekend-in interview to television channel " STB ". Before in the conversation he said that the latest round of negotiations, "Norman Quartet" has helped achieve some progress.
"I explained that We are required to provide compliance with the clause about the release of the hostages, to it on my behalf ICRC is involved, We spoke With the President of this organization, he supported Ukraine, the ICRC took part in it. And set 3 goals: first ? is the release of those hostages that we know where they are, second ? a search of other places where illegal contains hostages, And the third ? is the search for the missing. Finally, We have taken the consent of the Russian side In clear coordinated the work of me as the President of Ukraine, the German Chancellor And the French President, We received the confirmation, And now we will check how, Finally, it will be executed ", ? said the head. Poroshenko also said that along the separation line in the Donbass must be organized from 10 to fifteen permanent positions OSCE in addition to mobile groups of observers." We have ensured that significantly increased the number of inspectors OSCE SMM, And along the line of collision were placed from 10 to fifteen continuously operating monitoring stations of the OSCE in addition to mobile groups ", ? said Poroshenko. The Commissioner of the Ukrainian center for the release of prisoners Yury Tandit first reported that in captivity remain around 300 Ukrainian military. However, he drew attention that we have in mind not only the Donetsk And Lugansk, but also the area of " neighbouring countries ". Before the Commissioner for human rights DND Daria Morozova reported that the number of prisoners held by the Ukrainian security forces, reached 1, 5 thousand People. In her expressions, only 250 people of this number are members of the militia, and the rest were civilians. However, she stressed that the DNR gave the Kiev all the prisoners. 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 became 6, 4 thousand People.

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