During the military operation in the Donbas on the side of the Donetsk national Republic went about a hundred Ukrainian security forces, said the commander of the headquarters of the militia DND Eduard Bacurin. "Part in the exchange of prisoners With the Ukrainian side refused to return and stayed here, but the vast number of Ukrainian military defected to the militia during the fighting last summer," - said Basurin, quoted by RIA " Novosti ". "citizens did it consciously. They saw a real picture of what's going on here. Some of those who moved to the side of the militia DND, it proved exactly in the fighting, " - said Basurin. 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 began more than 6 thousand People. February 12, in the process nearly 16-hour negotiations was signed Document of the contact group on measures aimed at implementation of the Minsk agreements. The document envisages a ceasefire in the Donbass With 00. 00 local time fifteen February, the withdrawal of all heavy weapons by both parties to the conflict " to equal the distance of a width of at least 50 kilometres between them "