SMM OSCE informs about violations of the withdrawal of heavy weapons in the Donbass
Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE said Wednesday about several violations of the Minsk agreement on the withdrawal of heavy equipment, recorded during the last days.
for example, on may 4, Kiev-controlled territory observers had seen a gun, according to one version, the calibers of over 100 millimeters, according to a statement released on Wednesday a report on the status on the evening of 5 may.
5 may also have been fixed 3 fixed the T-64 on Kiev-controlled territory, and two controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic territory. According to observers, within the DPR was Also seen a convoy of military vehicles, and the drone of the OSCE recorded four tanks DNR in Shirokino.
The village Shirokino is currently one of the hotspots of Donbass. It is located on the shore of the Azov sea between Mariupol (controlled by security officers) and Novoazovsk (controlled by the militia DND). In early February Shirokino was occupied by soldiers of the Ukrainian battalion " Azov ". Since then, the two sides continue in this area of so-called artillery and mortar duels.
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.