MOSCOW, February 17 (RAPSI) – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has accepted 551 complaints lodged by residents of southeastern Ukraine over violation of their rights during the war conflict, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday.

According to the UN’s latest data, over 9,000 people have been killed in the conflict. Ukrainian officials and some Western states have repeatedly accused Russia of interfering in Ukraine’s domestic issues.

Moscow has repeatedly claimed that it has had absolutely no part in the events in southeastern Ukraine and does not supply the self-defense forces with military equipment and ammunition; that it is not a party to the domestic Ukrainian conflict and is interested in Ukraine overcoming the political and economic crisis.

The question of settlement of the situation is being widely discussed especially during the meetings in Minsk of the Contact Group for Ukraine consisting of senior representatives of Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.

Since September 2014 the group has adopted three documents regulating steps on conflict de-escalation.