Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE has recorded heavy weapons near the village of Shyrokyne in the Donetsk region, reported in the daily report.

According to a report in fifteen April, UAV recorded two tanks in the area of the Competition (15 km West of Shirokino) and one tank in the area of residential settlements of Berdyansk (2 km West of Shirokino) under the control of the Ukrainian military.

Also Drone SMM OSCE recorded 3 tanks in Shirokino. In addition it is stated that in Shirokino there were two infantry fighting vehicles and two armored personnel carriers.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people.

The problem of settlement of the Ukrainian fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, at the meetings of the contact group in Minsk with the mediation of Russia and the OSCE. The next meeting of the contact group on February 12 ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.

Soon after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, the parties blame each other in violation of the "silence" and report that conduct only return fire.


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

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