Observers special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine recorded on the last working day of the week 100 mortar and over 35 tank shots near the village of Sorokino 37 kilometres South of Donetsk.
"The OSCE has recorded about 100 mortar (120 mm and 82 mm) and more than 35 tank shots that occurred in two or three kilometres South-East of the position of the observer ", - reported in the daily report.
The mission workers also counted 46 explosions in the district of Donetsk airport, with fifteen explosions occurred to the southwest and 31 - South position of observers. In each case, observers could not determine the type of weapons used and the distance at which explosions occurred.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The resolution of the Ukrainian fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, during meetings of the contact group in Minsk with the mediation of the Russian Federation and the OSCE.
dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, took place against a background of a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, instigated by the Ukrainian law enforcers who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. According to the results of the meeting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a package of measures involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of a security zone.
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