The first night of the OSCE observers in the village of Shyrokyne on the South of Donetsk region, one of the hot spots in the confrontation between the security forces and militias, was calm, said Last news by telephone, the employee a press-services of the Special monitoring mission Irina Gudima.
"Didn't shoot - so quiet," she said. In her expressions, Observers " did Not sleep all night, and now they are changing - instead, they come the next shift.
before handling the Special monitoring mission of OSCE in Ukraine stated that the organization is considering-hour stay in the village Shirokino in the Donbass. OSCE observers spent the night in cars on a Special viewing platform near the village.
at the same time a regiment of the national guard " Azov ", which now control a part of Shirokino, said it opposes the demilitarization of the village - according to his vision, it will create a danger to Mariupol.
The village Shirokino is currently one of the hotspots of Donbass. It is located on the shore of the Azov sea between the cities of Mariupol (controlled by security officers) and Novoazovsk (controlled by the militia DND). In early February Shirokino was busy " Azov ". Since then, the two sides continue in this area of so-called artillery and mortar duels. The main struggle is for the nameless height in a former pioneer camp "Mayak" - height dominates the landscape, With it you can bombard enemy positions on many miles. Currently the height keeps the " Azov ".
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.
The next meeting of the contact group on February 12 ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas With fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone. Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of the "silence" and report that conduct only return fire.
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.
Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of the "silence" and report that conduct only return fire. Kiev is considering an appeal to the UN and the EU on the introduction of peacekeepers in Donbass.
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