The number of Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine has now reached 700 people. Of these, 429 are observers, however, by the second half of may is expected to increase the number to five hundred, said on Thursday the head of SMM Ertugrul Apakan, a speech a speech at the OSCE Permanent Council. According to the text of the report Apakan, in the possession of Fins news , 331 observer placed in the East of Ukraine. From mission - 484 people From international staff hired and 216 in place of employees. From SMM 216 women, says the report. According to Apakan, in connection with the expiration and extension of the mission in March of the staff left for home. "Placement of international staff and recruitment of local staff will continue, and we expect that by the beginning of the second half of may 2015 SMM again will operate at high power with a five hundred observers, Of which 350 will be placed in the East of Ukraine ", - is informed in the report. In its decision of 12 March, the OSCE Permanent Council has increased the ceiling of the number of SMM to 1000 civilian observers." Decisions on the future population increase will be discussed in the light of the developing situation on the ground ", - the report said Apakan. 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. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone. One Of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev Authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read