The Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland said that he plans to visit Kiev.

" I expect to visit Kiev ", - He said on the first day of the week at the meeting With media professionals, not explaining, when it plans to do this.

explaining the situation in Ukraine, He said that in the conflict, each party is responsible for what happens." He also stressed that in the process of conflict, human rights, national minorities, and among them the rights of Russian-speaking residents.

Jagland drew attention to the need to respect the Minsk agreement of all parties to the conflict.


Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of the region's population. According to the summary data, the victims of the conflict were 4, 8 thousands of civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, and among them fired residential areas of Donetsk.

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