The staff of the special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine recorded the movement of heavy equipment of the Ukrainian security forces in the Northern part of Mariupol, according to the SMM report, released on Thursday.

"under the control of the state forces the village Novoselovka Second in 36 kilometres North-North-East of Mariupol Workers SMM watched 3 moving on North military truck carrying a 120-mm howitzer ", - quotes the text of the document Donetsk news Agency.

Authorized OSCE also recorded one T-64 tank and 3 tanks T-72.

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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