The delegation of the military power of Ukraine during his visit to new York, said that Kyiv expects the UN decisions about the deployment of the international mission in Eastern Ukraine, according to a report by the Ministry of defence on Tuesday.

The Ukrainian side has reminded that in March the Cabinet of Ministers of the country officially asked the Security Council and the UN Secretary-General with the request to deploy international peacekeeping and Security under the leadership of the UN in the East of Ukraine. In her vision, the direction of UN peacekeepers in the Donbass could become a very effective tool for the implementation of the Minsk agreements.

"Despite the ceasefire, the situation in Eastern Ukraine is still very far from peace and the escalation of the conflict may continue, at any time. Taking into account the above mentioned, Lieutenant-General Leonid Golopatyuk noticed the need to deploy international the UN peacekeeping mission in Eastern Ukraine, because the Issue is of vital importance at the present stage ", - declared in the Ministry.

The Ukrainian Government in March proposed to be deployed in the Donbas peacekeeping mission. Military peacekeeping mission has the ability to be formed only with the punishment of the UN Security Council. Russia, with veto power in the security Council, ready to discuss the Issue of sending peacekeepers to Ukraine, but the country's leadership have a few questions.

The Ukrainian authorities in April of last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 8 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbas region is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk the contact group, which since September of last year had already taken 3 of the document, regulating the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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