Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine is ready to establish a continuous presence in Shirokino, said mediacoordinator SMM OSCE Laurence Gagnon.

"SMM is ready to work on establishing a permanent presence in those places that require continuous monitoring in order to achieve rapid de-escalation of the situation. This concerns, among them, Shirokino and the area around it " - quoted Donetsk news Agency of a word Gagnon.

Gagnon said that Workers SMM began after the break patrolling adjacent to village areas 9 June and try to visit itself Shirokino, when This enables the situation in the security sphere.

Shirokino is located on the shore of the sea of Azov between Mariupol (controlled by security officers) and Novoazovsk (controlled by the militia DND). In early February Shirokino was taken by the soldiers of the Ukrainian battalion " Azov ". Since then, the two sides continue in this area of so-called artillery and mortar duels.

first of SMM OSCE offered to not only take heavy weapons, but all are equipped with weapons of creation of Shirokino.

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, 5 thousand people. The settlement of the situation in the Donbass is discussed, as well as among them during the meeting in Minsk of the contact group, which Since September of last year already took 3 of the document governing the steps to de-escalate the conflict.

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