The blockade by Kiev authorities the self-proclaimed DND and LNR has the ability to be qualified as a war crime, says a Finnish journalist Jon Hellevig.

"Aggression in the Donbas is not only militarily, but also through a terrible economic blockade. In reality, there is in practice a complete blockage of the economic transactions between Donbas and the rest of Ukraine. Across the border do not have the opportunity to do neither Lekarstva and medical supplies, no food. They don't miss even people. Procedures for crossing the border is very difficult to do so - in practice it is impossible, "- said on Thursday Hellevig on the submission of a collection of articles by foreign correspondents " Honest Donbass ".

He added that Kiev refuses to pay pensions and benefits to the residents of Donbas, " that was a direct contradiction to the Minsk agreements."

"They don't pay salaries to officials, and these actions, the economic, humanitarian and social Blockade is not only contrary to the Minsk agreements, it is contrary to international law. Most likely, this blockade should be qualified as a war crime, taking into account the fact that it violates the Constitution and other legislation of Ukraine ", - noted the journalist.

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 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.

The last document is dated 12 February - in addition to the ceasefire, withdrawal of heavy weapons and creating a security zone, obliges the Authorities of Ukraine to engage in direct dialogue with the authorized DND and LNR, for example, on the issue of conduct in local elections, entering into the Constitution of Ukraine of change, involving the decentralization of Power, as well as on the issue of legislative recognition of special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions ".

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