The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the Demilitarization of the village of Shirokino near Mariupol will give the opportunity to leave this town under control of Kiev.

Shirokino remains one of the "hot spots" in the Donbas, Military And militias incessantly blame one another in the attacks.

"Demilitarization of Shirokino means that Shirokino will be under Ukrainian control. At altitudes of lords will stand by our Soldiers. And to Ukrainians in Shirokino not killed, there should only be the police, And all others are required from this place to leave. In the center of Shirokino must be the post of the OSCE And 24-hour monitoring mission to no separatists there. And this is the first model for the demilitarization, which we then distribute to the entire Donbass ", - said Poroshenko during the meeting with students in Mariupol 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 were about 6, 5 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed as well As among them during the meeting in Minsk of the 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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