OSCE: the Russian officers SCCC are still in Soledar
Russian officers from the Joint center for coordination and control (SCCC), left the headquarters SCCC in Debaltsevo (55 kilometers North-East from Donetsk), are still in Soledar, say observers of the OSCE.
in the open version of the salary of the Special observation mission (SNM) of the OSCE in Ukraine on January 22, stated that the Russian officers SCCC moved in Soledar (77 kilometers North of Donetsk). First of SNM reported that the head of the Russian representative office in SCCC informed the Ukrainian party of the intention to withdraw personnel from Debaltsevo because of security.
" in HQ SCCC in the government-controlled (Ukraine) Debaltsevo Ukrainian major-General, head of the Ukrainian representative office SCCC said CNM phone in the office SCCC are still staff military power of Ukraine. He said that Russian major General, head of the Russian representative office SCCC and officers, and Authorized LNR and DND are not in the office (in Debaltsevo) for five days, staying in Soledar ", - reported in the daily report of the OSCE on the evening of January 26.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against disgruntled happened last February by the coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict began more than 5 thousand civilians. In September, facilitated by the OSCE and Russia, the Ukrainian Authorities and the self-proclaimed Militia DND and LNR agreed in Minsk truce. Despite the fact that the Militia and the Ukrainian Military periodically accused one another in the violation, in General, the reviews and the parties to the conflict, and observers from the OSCE, the ceasefire was respected.
However, on January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, as has the number of victims of the conflict. The Ministry of defence of Ukraine said that the APU build up reserves in all areas where combat operations are being conducted. Militias from our side told me that " pushed the front line to defend shelling of residential areas of the cities of the Ukrainian security forces. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation believe that the recent events in the Donbass confirm the most serious concerns about the intention of Kiev by force to resolve the situation in the Donbass.