OSCE observers reported from Mariupol on a calm atmosphere,

In the first special report from Mariupol OSCE observers said that the situation was calm, although there is considerable movement of Ukrainian military equipment, mainly armored personnel carriers.

published in the Saturday night open version of the report of the OSCE reported that an advance team of observers located in, located at 113 km South of Donetsk, and it is expected the arrival of new observers.

Deputy head of the local police said Special observation mission (SNM)that the territory of Novoazovsk (45 kilometers East of Mariupol) is placed under the control of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic, but the Kyiv security forces as if in control of the situation and resist the onset of the militias. Also refers to the ongoing bombardment of Novoazovsk Nameless village, because of this closed road along the shore of the Azov sea in the area, informs the OSCE.


Kyiv authorities since April of conduct in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of residents of Donbas. According to the latest information from the UN, from mid April to Ukraine forcibly deprived of life, more than 2 and a half thousand civilians, about six thousand wounded.

in the last days in the district of Mariupol happened. Ukraine and some Western countries accuse the Russian Federation in the input of its soldiers and equipment in the territory of Novoazovsk. The Russian government denies these accusations.


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