Eleven correspondents lost his life during the confrontation in the Donbass, Dozens were caught by the security Service of Ukraine, said at the rally dedicated to the International day of solidarity correspondents, the head of the Union of correspondents of DPR Viktor Petrenko. "during the confrontation in the Donbass lost his life Eleven correspondents, among them the film crew of VGTRK, the operator of the First channel and the photographer MIA "today Russia" Andrey Stenin. Dozens of reporters were caught after the coup in February 2014, " - said Petrenko. He added that the correspondents of DPR already prepared an appeal to the international community and colleagues from other countries. In it, they ask to call to justice the killers of journalists, and also require not to violate international standards and rules of journalistic ethics. "We are asking to raise its voice in defence correspondents of Donbass, which, following their own professional duty, were exposed to mortal danger, persecution, and repression. Pay Close attention to the absolute impunity of the Ukrainian Authorities, who had organized the terror against undesirable correspondents, publicly calling for the elimination of our workarou ", - said Petrenko. The Ukrainian authorities in April last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. 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. 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 certain districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ". according to the information Department for the protection of correspondents in the world in 2014 was forcibly deprived of life 61 journalist, and in 2015 - 38.