More than 65 children became victims military operations in the Donets basin, said at a press conference on the first day of the week the Commissioner on the rights of the child under the President of Ukraine Mykola Kuleba.

"in relation to deaths, is also very difficult to tell the exact number, but according to our calculations, It is already more than 65 children who were killed," said Kuleba.

according to his statement, 127 children received injuries during the confrontation in the Donbas." This is confirmed by (cases) specific documents, " said Kuleba.

according to him, the most frequently injured children received shrapnel and shoot damage to health, mine and explosive injuries. At the same time Kuleba noticed that, according to the UN, damage to health has received 159 children.

before the Russian children's Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov reported, pointing to data from the U.N. that during the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine received damage of about 2 million children. This figure takes into account immigrants who received damage and deaths.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict began almost 5, 7 thousands of civilians. The resolution of the Ukrainian fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, during meetings of the contact group in Minsk with the mediation of the Russian Federation and the OSCE.

The next meeting of the contact group on 12 February ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of a security zone.

Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, parties accused one another in violation of the "silence mode" and claimed that they only return fire. Kiev is considering an appeal to the UN and the EU on the introduction of Donbass peacekeepers.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, took place against a background of a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, instigated by the Ukrainian law enforcers who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. According to the results of the meeting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a package of measures involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of a security zone.


Declared a ceasefire, according to the statements of the parties to the conflict and observers, observed throughout the contact line, with the exception of Debaltsevo. This city, according to the examination results of the militia, in the so-called boiler was about three thousand Ukrainian security forces in Kiev denied environment. All the last days in the area Debaltsevo, one of the largest transport hubs in the Ukraine, there were clashes security forces and militia. Developments -

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