The OSCE informs about the intensive shelling of the village of Shirokino in the Donbass
Authorized special monitoring mission of the OSCE on Sunday recorded the intense shelling of the village of Shirokino, reported in the daily report.

Authorized special monitoring mission of the OSCE on Sunday recorded the intense shelling of the village of Shirokino, reported in the daily report.
during day 2 of the observation points located at 1, 5 and 4, 5 kilometers Northwest of Shirokino, the SMM observers recorded 69 tank rounds and 344 mortars (82 and 120 mm).
Mission workers also heard two loud explosions, Possibly gun shots occurred 300 metres from the position of observers.
"Unmanned aerial device mission SMM recorded eleven tanks and four armored personnel carrier with motorized infantry, advancing through the village of Kulikovo (fifteen kilometers from Shirokino) ", - stated in the report. In addition, over the last 3 days the drones recorded 17 tanks, 3 self-propelled howitzers and 60 BTR on DNR controlled territory, 50 kilometers North of Shirokino.
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 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.
One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev Authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read