The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in General satisfied with the work of the special OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine, said the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich.

"in General, I Wish to say that we are satisfied with this work. Recent reports that cover the period from 9 to 24 March, focused mostly on the issue of monitoring the observance of the ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons, " Lukashevich said at a press conference on Thursday.

The diplomat said that the reports of the mission noted a decrease in the number of violations of the ceasefire regime, most of which occur in the region of Donetsk airport and towns Shirokino and Berdyansk." The silence occasionally broken in Pisky, Avdeevo, Happiness, Village, Luhansk, Granite, Toronto, Crimean and Popasnaya", he added.


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.

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