The situation in the breakaway Donetsk people's Republic remains difficult, shelling the territory of the DPR of heavy weapons continues, told in the Ministry of defence of the Republic. "The situation in Donetsk people's Republic remains a crisis. Punishers continued shelling of settlements of the Republic, despite the presence in our territory of the Deputy head of the special monitoring mission of the OSCE Alexander Hg. The Ukrainian Military for the previous day 22 times violated the ceasefire ", - quotes the expression of the messenger office. As stated in the Ministry of war, heavy artillery have been attacked Donetsk, Makiivka, and Dokuchayevsk, towns Clear, Gabishevo, White stove, Shanka and Spartacus. "on the territory of the Republic dated 12 artillery shells, a groove 152 and 122mm, 23 tank shells, 55 minutes and the gauges 82 and 120 mm, was also used rocket-propelled grenades and small arms," added the Commissioner of the Department of defense. 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, 8 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. Last document - a set of measures of implementation of the Minsk agreements signed on February 12, except for a ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a security zone requires 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 the special status " of certain districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".