Children's Ombudsman the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic, Jan Chepikova appealed to the Commissioner under the President of Ukraine on the rights of the child of Nicholas Kuleba a petition to protect the children of Donbass. first of Chepikova stated that almost 70 children lost their lives and over 200 were injured as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian security forces DNR for all the time of the confrontation in the Donbass. "I urge you to recall the direct responsibilities of a children's rights activist, and throwing away his political ambitions, to take all measures for protection of the rights of children of Donbass. I invite you to an open, honest dialogue in the name of saving the lives of children who have become hostages of the political situation, innocent children whose rights have been violated by politicians, elected officials, mindlessly murderous host laws, " - said in the text of the appeal that publishes Donetsk news Agency. in her expressions, the children in the Donbass few months were in fact living in basements due to the continuous attacks "." in some towns children until now not have the ability to live fully, to experience the joy of the childhood - their cities, districts, houses continue to be under constant bombardment by the Armed forces of Ukraine ", - said the Ombudsman. 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. Before Astakhov citing UNICEF reported that in the process of conflict damaged more than 2 million children, were destroyed 491 school, 78 hospitals and four children's homes.