It is important to avoid a new round of tensions between militias and security forces in the South-East of Ukraine, said the chief of the Russian group of the Joint center for control and coordination (SCCC) major-General Alexander Vasenkov.

total Central control and coordination was established in Debaltsevo and has offices in Donetsk, Lugansk and other settlements. It was attended by Ukrainian and Russian officers of the General staff who interact with the designated self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics.

" at this stage of our work is extremely Important to prevent the next round of stress actually monitor the removal of the conflicting parties of heavy weapons from the line of contact and termination of all kinds of fire exposure from both sides, " said Vasenkov.

He said that on December 17, by agreement with the Ukrainian side was completed rotation Russian commissioners on the South-East of Ukraine in the amount of 75 members of SCCC. The main objective of the centre Vasenkov called a cease-fire communities.

" The main dialogue required to keep the parties to the conflict - militia and the Ukrainian authorities. It is the willingness of the Ukrainian authorities, Directors of Donetsk and Lugansk republics in full force depends on the success of the process of peaceful settlement of the armed conflict in South-East Ukraine and creating conditions for its resolution by political means, " He said at a press conference in Lugansk.

at rallies in early April not recognize the legitimacy of the February coup d'etat residents of Donetsk and Lugansk regions proclaimed " the development of a " people's republics ", which after held in may referendum declared its sovereignty and later formed the Union of " new Russia ". In Kiev DND and LNR not recognize. Against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat residents of Eastern Ukraine Kyiv began in April a military operation. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict were 4, 7 thousands of civilians, almost 10 thousand were injured. Brokered by Russia and the OSCE agreed in Minsk truce September 5, but was charged with one another in the violation of the agreements. On the morning of December 9, in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE a new truce. It is planned that the ceasefire must precede new talks of the contact group in Minsk.


numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local residents to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language.

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