Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine informs that the joint center for coordination and control (SCCC) three times on Wednesday tried unsuccessfully to establish a ceasefire in the area of Donetsk airport, according to a report SMM as of Wednesday evening, released on Thursday.

during the day on Wednesday SMM recorded in Donetsk 356 explosions, mainly from 82-mm and 120-mm mortars, according to the report." SCCC has made 3 attempts to establish a ceasefire in the area of the airport at 10: 30, at eleven: 00 and eleven: 30, but none of them was successful, " the report said.

the report also mentions several cases the use of heavy machinery in the area of the allotment, fixed as well as among them with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles.

in Kiev-controlled village in Luhansk 55 kilometres North-East of Donetsk, local residents told the observer that the soldiers of the military power of Ukraine informally advised them to leave the city until may 9, " for your own safety, because it is assumed that there will be an escalation of hostilities around this date ", according to SMM.

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