Authorized special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine headed by its Deputy Chairman Alexander Hug arrived in the city of debaltseve.

now, the group makes a walking patrol to assess the situation, assess the security and humanitarian situation, reports from the scene journalist Last news .

As before stated, in the mission's plans to open in Debaltsevo paragraph of the OSCE.

on Sunday, the Hg already visited Donetsk to examine the current situation in the field and discuss with the authorized self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic the Question of creation of additional patrol bases. On the first day of the weekend he said that the OSCE mission will open its own office in Gorlovka " within 24 hours ". First, he noted that the patrol bases and the development of the OSCE mission in the buffer area will contribute to the execution of the organization's work in the conflict area.

The Ukrainian authorities in April of last year began military action against the self-proclaimed LNR and DND. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 8 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbas region is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk the contact group, which since September of last year had already taken 3 of the document, regulating the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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