Authorized self-proclaimed people's Republic of Donetsk (DNR) said Special monitoring mission of the OSCE on March 25 to April 4 exercises in the use of artillery, according to a report by the OSCE for March 26.

DNR informed SMM about the fact that from March 25 to April 4, DPR will conduct exercises with combat artillery fire. The location was not specified ", - stated in the report of the OSCE published on the last working day of the week.

the OSCE report also notes that Authorized the DNR stated mission about the fact that during the exercise will be used is withdrawn from the storage service. All weapons will be returned upon completion of the exercises.

The Ukrainian authorities have taken in April of last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup of the region's residents. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The problem of Ukrainian settlement fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, at the meetings of the contact group in Minsk, under the mediation of the Russian Federation and the OSCE.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

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