Advisor to the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic on the rights of the child Jan Chepikova said that will seek the introduction within the Republic of the social status of " children of war ". 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. Refugees and IDPs were more than 1, 5 million inhabitants. The region on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. According to the summary data of the UN, has killed more than 6 thousand people. Chepikova have said before, that among them there were approximately 60 children, and this is only the official statistics. Kiev in the Donbass violated all the provisions on the rights of the child, she said, adding that in urgent need of medical care 126 injured children. "The introduction of the status of" children of war " I think. A lot of guys got the damage from the fighting in the Donbas. New social status will entitle the children to receive additional social guarantees, the rehabilitation. This question will work and to petition the authorities about the introduction of such status, " said Chepikova on Wednesday in conversation Donetsk news Agency. The next meeting of the contact group on February 12 ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone. Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of the "silence" and report that conduct only return fire.