The next round of negotiations of the contact group on the peaceful settlement in the Donbas and its sub-working groups will be held on Tuesday in the Belarusian capital. The previous meeting of the contact group was the most productive for a sufficiently long period of time. The sides could initial an agreement about the discharge of weapons up to a caliber of 100 mm, tanks and mortars from the contact line of the warring in the Donbass. This document was signed by all Parties of the contact group, and also head self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk people's republics. The parties have already managed to start the process of withdrawing weapons. Next in severity is the Issue of holding local elections on the territory of Donbass, controlled by the authorities LNR and DND. This Issue is extremely complex because of the different views of the parties on the resolution. In view of the compromise sounded date February 2016, but to come to a common opinion until failed. "in the discussions it turned out that, despite the proposal, election, or otherwise, will be held 18 October and 1 November in most parts of ARLA and ORDO (separate districts of Luhansk and Donetsk regions). This case was confirmed by the representatives of the ORDO and ORLA in the process of plenary discussion, "said Commissioner of the OSCE in the contact group Sajdik Martin expressing" deep disappointment ". However, the Ukrainian Government has appointed elections to local authorities on 25 October. according to sources, the DPR and LPR are ready to speak about early elections on 21 February, " if Kiev will unlock the law on the special status of Donbass ". Later the Plenipotentiary Representative of the DND Denis Putilin said that "despite the agreements reached before the study of the wording of article 10 of the law of Ukraine" on the special status " and the start of the act, Authorised Ukraine again refused to discuss the Matter and returned to our former position." in addition, the DPR and LPR showed the Kiev road map towards the implementation of the Minsk agreements, According to which Kiev is obliged rather to approve the Amnesty law, to cancel the military activities in the Donbass, and also to unlock the law on the special status together with the adoption of a special law on elections. The Commissioner of Ukraine in the political subgroup of the Immortal novel described the behavior of the authorized DND and LNR in the subgroup as an ultimatum. in the middle of last week the head of Ukraine said about the lack of progress in the political part of Minsk agreements." Fake elections in the occupied territories of Donbass will destroy the peace process, " he noted. The Ukrainian authorities in April of last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict were about 7, 9 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbas region is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk the contact group, which since September of last year had already taken 3 of the document, regulating the steps to de-escalate the conflict.