The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will soon join a project for rebuilding a bridge near the village of Stanytsia Luhanska in Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, First Deputy Speaker, Ukraine's envoy to the humanitarian subgroup at Trilateral Contact Group talks in Minsk Iryna Gerashchenko has said.

"The Ukrainian side supports initiatives put forth by the OSCE and the ICRC, which will soon join the project for rebuilding the bridge near Stanytsia Luhanska. It is very important for the civilian population, and we will assist to the quick reconstruction of the bridge," she wrote on Facebook from Minsk after a subgroup meeting on Wednesday.

Ukraine insists that the checkpoint of Zolote be re-opened and calls on the OSCE and Russia to help persuade the de-facto authorities in the occupied areas in Luhansk region give up all far-fetched reasons used to blocks the re-launch of the checkpoint, Gerashchenko said.

"We insist that the checkpoint should start work since now. It will share the workload of other checkpoints," she wrote.