The authorities of Donetsk region has suspended the payment of benefits to those who reissued pensions in the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic. About this said the head of the regional Department of the Pension Fund of Ukraine Natalia Happy Tuesday. Since July 2014, Kiev stopped the work of the Treasury and the national Bank of Ukraine within the limits controlled by the self-proclaimed DND and LNR, stopped paying pensions and liposome, as well as wages to employees. According to the Minsk agreement, Kiev is obliged to restore the management of the segment of its banking system in the conflict affected areas. Since April, the Authorities DND and LNR began to pay pensions to residents. In the Pension Fund DNR emphasized that in the case of payments of the Republic, to wait for pensions from Kiev is not worth it. "in connection With the beginning cash payments to persons of Retirement age structures of the Pension Fund on uncontrollable (Kyiv) on the territory of some of the seniors decided to take advantage of this opportunity. From the public information we become aware of such facts pension payments. Such payments to pensioners, according to Ukrainian legislation are suspended ", - quotes the expression of Glad press-service of Donetsk regional civil-military administration. in her expressions, in the Donetsk region of almost 900 thousand pensioners, pensions periodically receive nearly 600 thousand." the situation at the end of may this year 575, 3 thousands of pensioners has already extended pension payments From uncontrolled to controlled Ukrainian government territory and receive timely payments. Debt payments not. However, another 169 thousand pensioners, this solution is not adopted, " added Happy. 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, obliges 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.