For full clearance of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic (DND) will take years, said Last news authorized the Ministry of emergency situations DND.

Since the beginning of the special operation of Ukrainian forces in the Donbass, the majority of cities in the region are subject to shelling. Rescuers of the Ministry of emergency situations DND periodically carry out work on the detection and neutralization of unexploded ordnance. According to the Ministry, during the year, Rescuers cleared for about 34 thousand explosive shells and shrapnel.

"Survey to detect explosives shall be 76 agricultural land, 20 industry, and about 116 km zones laying of water pipeline, gas pipeline and transmission lines. On inaccurate data, you will need more than one year to complete demining DND ", - said the head of the Department.

according to the MOE DND, during the fighting most explosive objects were found in Donetsk, Makeyevka, Debaltsevo and Gorlovka.

"in the majority it such shells as artillery shells, mortar shells, ammunition engineering, cassette elements MLRS "Uragan" and " Smerch ", an explosive device, rocket-propelled munitions, " added the Commissioner of the Ministry of emergency situations DND.

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, 5 thousand people.

The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which Since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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 full text of the Minsk agreements "

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