In the list of missing people in the East of Ukraine registered a minimum of 1 460 thousand people, the Red Cross must be attached to their search, said the Commissioner of the President of Ukraine on the peaceful settlement in the Donbass Irina Gerashchenko.
"Irina Gerashchenko expressed the position of Ukraine that organization, the ICRC must be attached to the question of finding and identifying missing in the conflict in the Donbass. She recalled that today in the lists of missing persons has at least 1 460 thousand people, and it is critical to establish their fate ", - quotes the letter of the press service of the Ukrainian President, RIA " Novosti ".
"She also reiterated the interest of the Ukrainian side in the ICRC was attached to humanitarian missions that the Ukrainian authorities are ready to form and pass on to the occupied territories to support the needy, in social and medical institutions ", - is informed in the report. In a press-service of office of the Commissioner for human rights DND reported that Since the beginning of the "special operation" in Eastern Ukraine in Donetsk people's Republic disappeared without a trace 2 230 thousand people. Since mid-April last year, the Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine "special operation" to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. The military actively used heavy machinery and military aircraft and helicopters. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand People. Remember, the opposing parties in the Donbass in 0. 00 (1. 00 GMT) Sunday, fifteen February, declared a truce, under agreements concluded in Minsk after almost 16 hours of negotiations.

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