The effectiveness of negotiations of the contact group in Minsk to resolve the situation in Donbass in practice equal to zero, said the Head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic (DND) Alexander Zakharchenko. "Kiev does not want to do. In Minsk much hope not, but this is the only chance to solve it peacefully, and we have this opportunity, do not miss ", - transfers words Zakharchenko, RIA " Novosti ". The head of the Republic said that the outcome of the Minsk talks will be announced in September." The limit of the Minsk agreements spelled out in the roadmap, in September, the result will be announced, " said Zakharchenko. Remember, on 23 June, the Contact group on settling the situation in Ukraine held a regular dialogues in Minsk. In parallel, in Paris hosted a meeting of Ministers of foreign Affairs in the " channel format ". According to the former special representative of the OSCE in Ukraine Heidi Tagliavini, the meeting of the contact group on Ukraine was very difficult to speak about concrete results as long as not, the work continues. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the meeting of the Russian security Council expressed regret at the fact that Kiev still shows no willingness to resolve the situation in Donbass. Since mid-April last year, the Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine "special operation" to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 4 thousand People. With fifteen February, the parties to the conflict in the Donbass declared a truce in Minsk after almost 16 hours of negotiations. However, despite the control system of the ceasefire, for the last time period shelling in Eastern Ukraine again became frequent.