Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Alexander Hug at a briefing in Kyiv on May 7, 2015, reported about the violation of the Minsk Agreements in Eastern Ukraine:
#OSCE_SMM Deputy Chief Monitor Hug: Over the past few days we have continued to monitor and report on a deteriorating situation in the East
— СММ ОБСЄ в Україні (@OSCE_SMM) 7 Травень 2015
“The town of Hranitne controlled by Ukrainian troops was shelled from ‘Grads’ at the end of April,” said
Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE SMM to Ukraine
Alexander Hug: significantly on 2 May in #Donetsk city outgoing Grad rocket fire was heard
— СММ ОБСЄ в Україні (@OSCE_SMM) 7 Травень 2015
“SMM registers a couple of hundreds of shellings every day. Particularly, on May 2, fire from ‘Grads’ was heard in Donetsk. It caused casualties among civilians. OSCE notes that it was the first time they heard ‘Grads’ fire since the adoption of the latest Minsk agreements in the middle of February,” he said.
Hug: Despite claims, by all sides, of heavy weapons withdrawal, the SMM observed on a daily basis the presence and/or use of such weapons
— СММ ОБСЄ в Україні (@OSCE_SMM) 7 Травень 2015
“In fact, the mission observes heavy weaponry in the confrontation region every day,” added Alexander Hug.
Recently United States Mission to the OSCE reported that Russia continues to provide lethal weapons, training, and command and control support to the separatists in Eastern Ukraine.
