The dead and injured in the village of Shanka in the Donbass no, said on Thursday authorized the Russian Federation in the General center for control and coordination (SCCC) of the ceasefire in the Donbass General Alexander Lentsov.

first it was claimed that the OSCE observers and Authorized SCCC arrived in Shanku. The reason for this visit are systematic violations in the area. Yesterday the head of the village administration Alexander Pelipas said about the shelling of the village from Mariupol, where Ukrainian army positions.

"in Chance of the Dead and wounded, but residents quite a bit" - quoted Lancova on Thursday.

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.


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

the results of the last meeting of the contact group 6 may present turned out to form four working sub-groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict. It is envisaged that they will start operating already in the middle of may.

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