Observers Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE said intense clashes between the Ukrainian military and supporters of self-proclaimed DNR, a witness of which they have become a Sunday afternoon near Donetsk.
"The twelfth of April 9. 35, on arrival at the railway station of Donetsk, the OSCE special monitoring mission has witnessed fierce fighting between DPR and Ukrainian armed forces near the city, which were visible from her position, " reported.
According to his data, the Plenipotentiaries of Russia and Ukraine in General, the Central monitoring and coordination (SCCC) of the ceasefire in the Donbass observers said that the Ukrainian side (presumably, the volunteer battalion " Right sector ", whose activities are banned within the Russian Federation), " first undertook an offensive maneuver through the line of contact in the direction of the village Sabunike ", however, the SMM was unable to assure the data."
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The problem of settlement of the Ukrainian fall under negotiation in different formats, for example at the meetings of the contact group in Minsk with the mediation of Russia and the OSCE.
dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.
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