The risk of an escalation of conflict in Donbas remains as long as long as the parties to the conflict continue to hold their place along the demarcation line and did not withdraw weapons, said a spokesman for the special monitoring mission of OSCE in Ukraine Michael Bociurkiw.
"We don't stop to fix what both parties still keep their places, keep the weapons, equipment and armed men along the separation line, and, as long as they are there, the Risk of escalation remains," said Bociurkiw on Wednesday in the Ukrainian TV channel " ".
The Ukrainian authorities in April of last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict were about 7, 9 thousand people.
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