Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine, reported a sharp deterioration of the situation around Donetsk airport.
"the number of violations in this area has increased very fast in comparison with the violations recorded in the previous days," - said in the report SMM as of Monday evening, announced on Tuesday, reports RIA " Novosti ".
analysis of the OSCE, presumably 90% of 550 explosions recorded on the first day of the week falls on a 120-millimeter mortars and heavy equipment, which were required to be withdrawn from the district in Accordance with the Minsk agreements. Yesterday the OSCE special monitoring mission stated that it has fixed April 26, the most intense clashes near the village of Shirokino starting in February 2015. On Tuesday, the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, opening an International conference in support of his country, said that the fighting in the Donbass have the opportunity to resume at any time. Remember, the opposing parties in the Donbass in 0. 00 (1. 00 GMT) Sunday, fifteen February, declared a truce, under agreements concluded in Minsk after almost 16 hours of negotiations. Along with this for the last time, the fire in the Donbass intensified. As long as in the Donbass, the main hot spot remains the settlement of Shirokino near Mariupol. It was there that the observers Special monitoring mission of OSCE in Ukraine on April 26, recorded the most intensive battles. But the fighting and gradually move to other areas. According to the Deputy commander of the headquarters of the militia of the Donetsk national Republic Eduard Basurin, the Military increased the firing zone of the southern areas of the DNR, have been falling for the residential sector and schools. On the first day weekend in DND told that with arms forces of Ukraine pulled to the line of contact in Donbas 7 mobile tactical groups, reinforced by a battery of reactive systems of volley fire " Grad ". On Sunday in DND told that the Ukrainian army used incendiary ammunition in the shelling of Donetsk. Also the fighting between Ukrainian security forces and militias occurred in the night of Sunday outside the city of Gorlovka.

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