During the military conflict in the Donbass lost his life from 6 to 10 thousand civilians, said on Sunday the head of the people's Council of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Andrey Purgin. "in the Donbas during the conduct of combat operations lost his life from 6 to 10 thousand peaceful citizens," he told reporters. 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.