OSCE observers do everything for ceasefire in place restore channel Seversky Donets - Donbass, which provides water to over half a million residents of Donbass, said on the last working day of the week at a press conference, Deputy head of the special monitoring mission of the OSCE Alexander Hg.

the head of the people's Council of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic Andrey Purgin July 18, said that the Ukrainian Military deliberately fired at the Channel Seversky Donets - Donbass. The day before the Company "Water of Donbass" stated that the repair team which deals with restoration of the channel, came under fire in Gorlovka

"The mission is trying to influence the ceasefire in the place where the pipe is placed. This important Channel must be repaired. Question about the repair of the canal has been agreed in Minsk. We made a promise that we can carry out repairs, and ensure that the ceasefire. But the parties do not always adhere to the ceasefire, because of what the repair work will be suspended, " said hug.

The channel Seversky Donets - Donbass is placed at the contact line. It provides potable water to a dozen cities in the Donetsk region and periodically exposed to fire.

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 meetings in Minsk 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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