The self-proclaimed authorities of Donetsk national Republic have plans to insist on the inclusion of authorized DND and LNR in the composition of the Contact group on the resolution of the conflict situation in the Donbass, told reporters the Plenipotentiary representative of the DND on the talks in Minsk Denis Putilin. "the trilateral contact group, which was created back in the summer, and in truth consisted of 3 sides, but after the September Minsk have signed the first Treaty negotiators, really, was five. For this reason we are considering and we will insist on the format " 3 2 ". This is the most appropriate option, " - said Pushilin. 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 were about 6, 5 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 ".