Special monitoring mission (SMM) in Ukraine highlights the progress in the negotiations of the contact group on settling the situation in the Donbass, said the press Secretary of the mission Michael Bociurkiw. He said that Authorized the mission participated in the meeting of sub-working groups of the contact group, which took place on Tuesday in Minsk. "We can say that We are satisfied with the progress that We have at the moment. Our team hopes to return to Minsk after a few days, " He said. 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 ".