MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/. A total of 65 children have been killed in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) since the conflict broke out in south-east Ukraine, the republic's chidlren rights advisor said on Tuesday.

Yana Chepikova said two children had died recently, on April 9 and 13.

She said they had stepped on "tripwires left by Ukrainian forces after their retreat from the Donetsk Republic."