Thematic sub-groups of the contact group on settling the situation in Ukraine began in Minsk, informs the foreign Ministry of Belarus. "in Minsk in closed to the press were initiated meetings of the three working groups on the settlement in Eastern Ukraine. Meet working groups on political, humanitarian and economic problems, " the Belarusian foreign Ministry informs. Meetings are held in "Executive hotel" in the center of the Belarusian capital. Dialogues spend 3 subgroups of 4 - on political, economic and humanitarian problems. The previous meeting of the trilateral contact group and its subgroups in Minsk a week ago. According to the results of the negotiations Authorized Donbass stressed the progress in obgovarivaya issues, for example, spoke about reaching an agreement on the withdrawal of weapons with a calibre of not more than 100 millimetres, but expressed dissatisfaction with the progress in negotiations. After the meetings of the subgroups are required to complete the negotiations of the contact group. It is anticipated that for the first time will attend the new special representative of the head of the OSCE Martin Sajdik, which was succeeded by the Swiss politician Heidi Tagliavini. 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 the meeting in Minsk of the 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 ".