Peace in Donbass Main Priority for 2016 - Poroshenko

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The Ukrainian president claimed that peace in the country's southeastern region of Donbass is the main priority for 2016.

KIEV (Sputnik) — Establishing peace in Ukraine's eastern region of Donbass is the main priority for 2016, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Thursday.

"I have determined the following priorities for 2016: first of all, to ensure peace," Poroshenko told reporters.

Life in Ukraine’s war-torn Donbass is as bad as a Hollywood post-apocalyptic flick – most buildings are destroyed, people are suffering from a lack of food, while hot water and electricity long ago became memories of the past, Jacques Clostermann, one of the members of a French delegation that visited Donbass on January 12, told Radio Sputnik. - Sputnik International
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He added that in 2016 Donbass should return under Kiev's control.

Kiev has been conducting a military operation in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donbass since April 2014. In February 2015, Kiev and representatives of Donbass self-proclaimed people's republics signed a deal on the Ukrainian reconciliation in Minsk, including a ceasefire and the withdrawal of weapons from the line of contact.

The current ceasefire has been largely observed since September, according to the OSCE.

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