The Ministry of defence of Ukraine assured the withdrawal of militias from Shirokino
The Ministry of defence of Ukraine assured that from residential settlements Shirokino displayed all the militia units. "currently in Shirokino complete silence. It is expected that in the near future, the OSCE special monitoring mission and the overall center will establish in this town a permanent observation post", - has told the head of the Ukrainian side SCCC General-major Andrey Taran, whose words are in the message on the Internet office of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine.
before Thursday authorized the Ministry of defence DND Eduard Bacurin stated that the leadership of the Donetsk people's Republic invited the OSCE observers to visit Shirokino and to ensure that residential settlements the withdrawal of all units of the militia. Before that, Basurin said that the Donetsk national Republic has withdrawn all troops from Shirokino, which remains one of the most hot spots of Donbass. The village Shirokino is located on the shore of the sea of Azov between Mariupol (controlled by Ukrainian security forces and Donetsk region (controlled by the militia DND). In early February Shirokino was taken by the soldiers of the Ukrainian battalion " Azov ", but then retreated. Since then, the two sides continue in this area of so-called artillery and mortar duels. Official authorized DND, Deputy Chairman of the people's Council Denis Pushilin stated before that the leadership of Donetsk national Republic decided to consider the Village Shirokino Novoazovskiy district demilitarized zone. On 25 June it was declared about the tank battles in Shirokino.