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UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christof Heyns has met with Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Deputy Chief of Staff Colonel Konstantyn Sokolov, and leader of the Ukrainian section of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) Major-General Borys Kremenetsky.

At the meeting, Sokolov informed Heyns about the current situation in the war zone and presented the latest evidence of the presence of Russian forces in Ukrainian territory, the ATO press service said on Facebook page.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine strictly follow the peaceful agreements and remain unprovoked by the enemy along the demarcation line, Sokolov said.

“Peace and quiet order gives the Ukrainian military the opportunity to rebuild the destroyed Donbas infrastructure, solve local residents’ social problems, and opens up additional points for crossing the demarcation line. Thanks to such an approach, people are very grateful to us,” Sokolov said.

Heyns, in turn, thanked the Ukrainian party for the objective information it had provided.

“All data, quoted by you, we will certainly include in the report, which will be sent to the UN Human Rights Council,” Heyns said.