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7 of August, 17:31

The OSCE informs about the increase in the intensity of the fire in the district of Donetsk airport
Special monitoring mission of the OSCE noted the increasing number of violations of the ceasefire at the Donetsk airport.

the Ministry of defence self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic informed of the Last news before the last working day of the week that the Ukrainian Military fired on the territory of the DPR for the previous day nearly 200 mines and shells.

"There was a big increase in violations of the ceasefire in and around controlled Donetsk people's Republic Donetsk airport at 9 kilometres North-West of the city in comparison to the previous day," according to the mission report for August 6.

Observers with their own positions in the center for control and coordination at the station of Donetsk railway 8 km North-West of the city heard in total, 125 of explosions and intense firefights of small and light weapons, exploding shells fired from heavy machine gun and automatic grenade launcher.

The Donetsk airport was one of the "hot spots" of confrontation between the security forces and militias throughout the year.

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, 8 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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