OSCE: Under fire in Shirokino live 35 people

Under fire in Shirokino, where about 60% of the houses completely destroyed, I live 35 civilians, among them 14-year-old child, said the chief of the Mariupol mission of the Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine James PAHs.
"Fighting for the village lasted for 3 months And in practice did not stop, - He said.- Today, at least 50-60% of the homes in Shirokino destroyed. In addition, damaged infrastructure, communications, telephone lines, office buildings, planting trees. It is very difficult to detect even 5 square meters of land without bullets And shrapnel. In practice, every night in Shirokino burns 2-3 at home."
according to his statement, " currently in Shirokino is home to about 35 people. Mostly, it is the citizens older than 50 years of age. There are a few elderly people of 80 years. Currently there Almost at the front, remains a teenager 14 years old. He lives in a field, Under a canopy, with his own mother. They had a house in Shirokino, but currently He is destroyed ", reports news Agency. In this situation, the OSCE observers " took the initiative on demilitarization, to allow the parties to withdraw ". According to James Pau, "the warring parties are in Shirokino too close to each other, on the part of the areas they are in practice opposite one another, across a small stream that separates them, they look each other in the eye, "so that" only one shot cotton, sharp sound, so there is again started the confrontation ". Authorized OSCE noticed that the initiative of the observers " was agreed between the Joint centre for control and coordination And the OSCE."" It is important that both sides, after the study, agreed that such a proposal can be implemented. What we proposed, is a specific plan for the disposal of military force, " He said." If the parties agree to implement before there will start returning residents, we will need to conduct mine clearance village. And then it will be necessary to otstraivaniyu of buildings And the reconstruction of infrastructure. These issues ought to be the goal of both parties ", - concluded the head of the Mariupol mission of the OSCE SMM. The situation in Shirokino was the main topic of discussion of the safety subgroup of the Contact group on Ukraine, gathered on may 19. On the last working day of the week the Commissioner of Ukraine in the subgroup Yevhen Marchuk said that the subgroup members agreed to stop the fire in Shirokino." in Shirokino in the last 12 hours, no one killed or wounded. If possible in the future to adhere to consensus on stopping the fire in Shirokino, which we didn't, you may receive hope, " He wrote on his page on Facebook. As long as in the Donbass, the main hot spot remains the settlement of Shirokino near Mariupol. It was there that the observers Special monitoring mission of OSCE in Ukraine recorded the most intensive battles. Remember, the opposing parties in the Donbass in 0. 00 (1. 00 GMT) Sunday, fifteen February, declared a truce, under agreements concluded in Minsk after almost 16 hours of negotiations.


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