The head of the OSCE mission concerned by renewed fighting in the Donbass
The head of the Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine Ertugrul Apakan expressed concern at the resumption of hostilities in the Donbass in the Easter holidays, according to a statement released on Sunday afternoon press release from the organization.

The head of the Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine Ertugrul Apakan expressed concern at the resumption of hostilities in the Donbass in the Easter holidays, according to a statement released on Sunday afternoon press release from the organization.
"the restoration of hostilities was after 3 days of calm in Shirokino, which resulted in a SMM. It gave observers the opportunity to get back to the village on 9 and 10 April in order to meet the humanitarian needs of the remaining locals. The OSCE special monitoring mission observed and reported a significant destruction in the village, as well as the large number of unexploded ordnance ", - reported in the document of the organization.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of the population of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The problem of settlement of the Ukrainian fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, at the meetings of the contact group in Minsk with the mediation of Russia and the OSCE.
dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.