Observers Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE stated that the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the zone of confrontation in the Donbass remains incomplete, Despite the claims of both sides.

"Despite statements about the withdrawal of heavy weapons was completed, the SMM continued to acknowledge the presence and movement of heavy weapons in the area from which it had to be withdrawn. Close to controlled DNR (village - ed.) Mountain SMM observed two battle tank T-72 moving in the Western direction, " - said in a statement the organization's report for April 14.

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 were about 6 thousand people. Refugees and IDPs were more than 1 million inhabitants. The region on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe.

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. The next meeting of the contact group on February 12 ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.


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.

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