Kyiv insists on early deployment of police mission to Donbas

12:45, 16.06.2016 1 min read

An international police mission should be deployed to Donbas before local elections and stay there in the post-election period, Ukrainian representative to the humanitarian subgroup of the Contact Group for Ukraine Iryna Gerashchenko said.

"The hitherto private debates suggesting that the mission should be deployed for the ballot day only are inadmissible. It would not be a mission in that case. It should be stationed before the elections, during the elections and in the post-election stabilization period so that the conflict is resolved," Gerashchenko said at a press briefing in Kyiv.

She also insists on a clear definition of the 'police mission' notion by each side.

According to Gerashchenko, the Donbas conflict has been escalating over the past month.

"Alas, we have been witnessing escalation of this conflict; actually, the militants have waged real hostilities on Ukraine," she said.

According to Kyiv, the militia has fired about 3,400 shells on Ukrainian troops and populated localities since the beginning of June.