Purgin: Donetsk entered the war with the beginning of the fighting at the airport a year earlier
Counting of war in Donetsk went with the outbreak of hostilities in the airport of the city, said on the first day of the week Last news the head of the people's Council of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Andrey Purgin.

Counting of war in Donetsk went with the outbreak of hostilities in the airport of the city, said on the first day of the week Last news the head of the people's Council of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Andrey Purgin.
"After the airport, everything changed. There were planes, and in fact There was a shooting. Donetsk, Donetsk obliged to count the war on may 26, 2014. It was then that it became clear that there will be war, and war is exactly. There was a very serious massacre, and then some who was ready. On this day, the Donetsk in fact entered the war ", - said Purgin.
He said that the Donetsk Airport has become a symbol in the war only For Ukraine. For the city of Donetsk, He means the place from which Military shelled residential areas, said the speaker of the Parliament DND.
"The airport was a very serious blow. In this case, It is a symbol only For Ukraine, but For the city Is a place from which to bombard the city. It was a very painful place For us. Any shot of security forces from the airport - It was shot on civilians in g. the issue of the airport - It is a safety Issue millionth of the city, " He added.
The Donetsk airport was one of the "hot spots" of confrontation between the security forces and militias throughout the year. Last week the Deputy head of the Special monitoring of the OSCE mission Alexander hug said that the Airport remains the main site of intense clashes in recent weeks, but the activity decreased compared to previous weeks ".
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, 2 thousand people.
The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict. The last document is dated 12 February - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a security zone requires the Authorities of Ukraine to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, on the issue of conduct in local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of Power, as well as on the issue of legislative recognition of special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ". The results of the last meeting of the contact group 6 may present turned out to form four sub-working groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict.