Observers special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine recorded that with arms forces of Ukraine strengthen a number of positions in the Donbass, reported in the daily report.

"The OSCE special monitoring mission on April 25 and 26 recorded that Authorized military strength of Ukraine strengthen its position in a number of places. For example, the SMM saw ditches, trenches and emplacements that are erected in areas close to human settlements Hrechyshkino (45 km North-West of Luhansk), Novoaidar (49 km North-West of Luhansk) and Popasnaya (69 km West of Luhansk) ", - reported in the report of the OSCE.

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.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev Authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read

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