The start of negotiations authorized political subgroup of the contact group on settling the situation in Ukraine has the ability to be shifted because of the transition of Kiev in the winter, said the notary of the self-proclaimed Luhansk national Republic in the negotiations in Minsk Vladislav Danego. first it was claimed that Authorized political sub-group will meet in Minsk after fifteen. 00, is expected to discuss the law on elections in the Donbas "because of the time difference, getting started can be corrected ", - quotes the words of Danego. The previous meeting of the contact group and its subgroups took place in Minsk on 20 October. Over the Past period of time of regular meetings of the contact group yield tangible results. The parties could come to a consensus about the withdrawal from the separation line in the Donbass weapons up to a caliber of 100 millimeters and tanks. 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 began more than 8 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. The last document from February 12 - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and the creation of security zones, obliges the Ukrainian Authorities to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, on the issue of holding 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 Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".