Commissioner Poroshenko: OSCE mission in Donbas should be increased
The OSCE mission to the separation line in the Donbass should be strengthened to ensure round-the-clock work of international observers, said the Commissioner of the President of Ukraine on the peaceful resolution of the conflict situation in the Donbass Irina Gerashchenko after the visit to the village of Shirokino.

The OSCE mission to the separation line in the Donbass should be strengthened to ensure round-the-clock work of international observers, said the Commissioner of the President of Ukraine on the peaceful resolution of the conflict situation in the Donbass Irina Gerashchenko after the visit to the Village of Shirokino.
"Authorized the OSCE do not have sufficient opportunities to monitor the ceasefire regime on the occupied territories. Today we saw 3 cars the OSCE, who worked on the territory of Ukraine, however, the Mission should be strengthened to ensure round-the-clock work of the international observers "- quoted Gerashchenko on Thursday, the press service of the party "Solidarity" Block of Petro Poroshenko ".
The village Shirokino is currently one of the hotspots of Donbass. It is located on the shore of the Azov sea between Mariupol (controlled by security officers) and Novoazovsk (controlled by the militia DND). In early February Shirokino was occupied by soldiers of the Ukrainian battalion " Azov ". Since then, the two sides continue in this area of so-called artillery and mortar duels.
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, 2 thousand people.
The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them, during meetings in Minsk contact group, which Since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict. The results of the last meeting of the contact group 6 may present turned out to form four sub-working groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict.
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