About 13 thousand citizens of today back in Debaltsevo, Donetsk region, after the city came under the supervision of the militia, said the Mayor of the city Alexander Afendikov. Debaltseve is a city of regional significance in the Donetsk region and one of the largest railway junctions of Ukraine, where the railway track from Kharkov, Mariupol, Rostov-on-don, Taganrog and the capital of Russia. In the area of Debaltsevo in February there were clashes between security forces and militias. The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on February 18 said that troops of Ukraine withdrew from debaltseve, together with military equipment. Militias on February 19 told that the operation in Debaltsevo in practice ended, the city in General came under their supervision. Visited debaltseve Workers OSCE recorded numerous destruction. "currently about 20 thousand citizens live in our country. When the militia liberated debaltseve, in the city there were about 7, 5 thousand ", - quotes the expression of the head of Donetsk news Agency. Civilians, as explained Afendikov, continue to return to the city every day both from Ukraine and from Russia, " from 50 to 100 people a day." 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. The next meeting of the contact group on the situation in the Donbass 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, as well as the exchange of prisoners. 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 the full text of the Minsk agreements "