OSCE: artillery duel occurred in the night of Saturday under Shirokino
Authorized Special monitoring mission of OSCE in Ukraine recorded an artillery duel in the night of Saturday near the village of Shirokino, Donetsk region.
"Between 23: 00 and 23: 22, and Between 23: 45 and midnight Observers heard artillery duel at a distance of 10 kilometers presumably from its position in Shirokino. While staying the night in the village Shirokino violations of the cessation of the shelling, " - said in the Saturday statement of the press service of the OSCE mission.
the employee of the press service of the Special monitoring mission Irina Gudima on the first day of the weekend agreed Last news that the OSCE Observers spent the 1st night in the village of Shirokino.
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.
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.