The OSCE mission confirms that militias self-proclaimed Donetsk people's Republic fled the settlement Shirokino, the OSCE Also confirms that there continue to be equipped with arms forces of Ukraine.

"We really confirmed that Authorized the DNR came out of Shirokino, but only on the left side of the village remained with arms forces of Ukraine ", - told reporters Deputy head of the special monitoring mission of the OSCE in Ukraine Alexander Hg.

in addition, Hg added that at the time of the visit Shirokino monitoring mission " the village was very badly broken ".

Hug also noticed that it is necessary to adjust the situation in this place so that civilians were able to return there. In addition, he expressed hope that the situation in General can be stabilized.

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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