OSCE observers are unable to get to the airport of Donetsk due to the shelling
Observers special monitoring mission of the OSCE in Ukraine are unable to visit the Donetsk airport due to collisions and continuous attacks, according to a report from the organization for 18 March, released on Thursday.

Observers special monitoring mission of the OSCE in Ukraine are unable to visit the Donetsk airport due to collisions and continuous attacks, according to a report from the organization for 18 March, released on Thursday.
"SMM attempted to get in Donetsk airport (DNR controlled, 10 kilometres North-West of the centre of Donetsk) to trace the situation. Due to ongoing shelling and clashes that took place with the use of small arms, Observers SMM failed to progress beyond the intersection of Artyomovsk and Manege (8 kilometers Northwest of the city center) and are unable to gain access to the site of the airport ", - the document says.
The Ukrainian authorities have taken in April of last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup of the region's residents. According to the final data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6 thousand people. The problem of Ukrainian settlement fall under negotiation in different formats, for example, at the meetings of the contact group in Minsk, under the mediation of the Russian Federation and the OSCE.
dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February, came amid a sharp aggravation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, who, having increased strength, began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have taken a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbass from February fifteen, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.