The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ratified the financial agreement between Ukraine and the European investment Bank (EIB) for ? 200 million, which will go towards the restoration of the Donbass. This decision was supported 263 MP when the required minimum of 226 votes.

the story is about " emergency loan program for the recovery of the Ukraine ". Financial document between the parties was signed at the end of 2014 in Kiev. The loan will be provided in the form of tranches in the amount of from fifteen to 40 million euros, 1st installment may not exceed 15% of the loan.

The project envisage to implement during 2015 - 2020. It will be directed on overcoming of negative consequences of geopolitical events in the Eastern regions of Ukraine ", as well as among them on the needs of internally displaced persons and the rehabilitation of essential infrastructure facilities at Kiev-controlled territories of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. In addition, provides for the implementation of several infrastructure projects in Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions, as well as the development of conditions for the return at the time of displaced persons to their former places of residence.

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 thousand people. The problem of settlement of the Ukrainian fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, at the meetings of the contact group in Minsk with the mediation of Russia and the OSCE.

The next meeting of the contact group on February 12 ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone. Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of the "silence" and report that conduct only return fire.

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