The Commissioner of Kiev in the sub-group on humanitarian challenges Irina Gerashchenko said about cautious optimism, which was achieved at the talks in Minsk on unblocking the release of " hostages ".

"very briefly on the work of the humanitarian group in Minsk. A four-hour discussion. There is cautious optimism about the unlock issue with the release of the hostages. There is cautious optimism in respect of the admission of the ICRC in prisons where there are those who are serving sentences on convictions and wishes of the Ukrainian courts to be moved to other detention centres on the Ukrainian territory ", - wrote Gerashchenko on his own.

She also said that Kiev spoke with the suggestion of moving 2 children's orphanages.

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, 8 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.

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