Special monitoring mission of the OSCE in Ukraine recorded mortar and artillery fire in the area of Donetsk During the ceasefire.

"While staying at the airport of Donetsk mission heard the sounds of mortar shells on the analysis of observers, small caliber. The explosions were to the southwest of the location of the mission. Separately on the night of the 26th to the 27th of February in Voroshilovskiy district (the Central part of Donetsk) observers heard the sounds of mortar and artillery rounds ", - said in a Saturday statement, the press service of the OSCE.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict began almost 5, 7 thousands of civilians.


dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, took place against a background of a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, instigated by the Ukrainian law enforcers who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. According to the results of the meeting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a package of measures involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of a security zone.

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