Violations of the ceasefire have increased in the region of Donetsk airport, according to the report of the Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine. "the number of violations of the ceasefire regime observed in the district of Donetsk airport, which is under the control of the DNR, has increased in comparison With previous day ", - RIA "news" report data from the organization for 18 September. The SMM observed in total, 28 of explosions, most of which were caused by mortar fire, and heard several bursts of small caliber and small arms at a distance of from 2 to eight kilometers from its position at the point of control of the Joint center for monitoring and coordination (SCCC). The special mission also said 19 explosions in Gorlovka. 1 September in the Donbass began a ceasefire, which the parties to the conflict agreed on 26 August in Minsk during the last meeting of the contact group on settling the situation in Ukraine. In recent months the situation in the Donbass deteriorated badly. Despite the cease-fire, which turned out to come to a common opinion in February this year, the attacks between the forces of the Ukrainian army on one side and the LPR and the DPR and return continued. In DND stated that the slightest provocation on the amount of equipment and forces, which Kiev pulled up to the line of contact in Donbas, increases the likelihood of a reduction to full-scale hostilities. Since mid-April last year, the Kyiv authorities are in the East of Ukraine "special operation" to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the UN at the end of August, the victims of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine began about 7, 9 thousand People, at least 17, 6 thousand Received damage to health.