Further exchange of prisoners and Discussion of economic issues between Kiev and DND is only possible after allotment of artillery and ceasefire, said the Donetsk news Agency official authorized DND negotiations Denis Putilin.

"Discussion of the exchange of prisoners, clearance areas, economic issues in DND and LNR ready to discuss only after a cease-fire and withdrawal of heavy artillery on set Minsk Memorandum range," said Putilin.

The recent exchange of prisoners took place on 26 December 2014. Then it was declared that the militia was transferred to Kiev 145 prisoners, and the Ukrainian Military - 222 people.

on the Last working day of the week in Minsk was planned to hold the next meeting of the contact group on the settlement of the situation in the East of Ukraine. However, in the 2nd part of the day Authorized DND and LNR told that leaving Minsk, because the Commissioner of Kiev has not arrived on the dialogues.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against disgruntled happened last February by the coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict began more than 5 thousand civilians. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, as has the number of victims of the conflict. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation believe that the recent events in the Donbass confirm the most serious concerns about the intention of Kiev by force to resolve the situation in the Donbass.


Kyiv Authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data, the victims of the conflict began more than five thousand civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured, about a million became refugees. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, and among them fired residential areas of Donetsk.

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