The staff of the OSCE monitoring mission arrived on the first day of the weekend under fire of the battalion "Azov" in Shirokino, said an informed source Donetsk news Agency.

"Today around fifteen. 00 local time, the Azov battalion opened fire on the positions of the DPR in the area of residential settlements Shirokino, where round-the-clock monitoring of the OSCE. In the end, came under fire not only militia, but also Authorized the OSCE, " - said the head of the Department.

according to the source, eventually shelling nobody died.

before handling the Special monitoring mission of OSCE in Ukraine stated that the organization is considering-hour stay in the village Shirokino in the Donbass. OSCE observers spent the night in cars on a Special viewing platform near the village. Simultaneously, the battalion "Azov", which now control a part of Shirokino, said it opposes the demilitarization of the village - according to his vision, it will create a danger to Mariupol.

The village Shirokino is now one of the most "hot spots" of Donbass. It is located on the shore of the Azov sea between the cities of Mariupol (controlled by security officers) and Novoazovsk (controlled by the militia DND). In early February Shirokino was busy " 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 thousand people. 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.


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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