The special procedure to cross the contact line between uncontrolled territories and government controlled parts of Donetsk and Luhansk region were initiated by Ukraine in 2015. In average, about 1 million people cross checkpoints every month. In Donetsk region there are 4 checkpoints. In Luhansk region there are only one, only for pedestrians, not vehicles. "People crossing it in extreme conditions. There is a ruined bridge, and it has a wooden structure, it is a ladder, along which people with their bags, move through the demarcation line", says Vitaliy Syzov, analyst of the NGO Donetsk Institute of information. The idea of opening a new checkpoints is discussed for a long time but still to no avail. The maximum improvement of the situation at the entry-exit control points, is what corresponds to the demand of the society. It’s all up to the Ukrainian government, this is what they really can do. This will help to strengthen ties and keep these people in