OSCE SMM spots over 250 "silence" breaches at week-start

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission says 253 ceasefire violations were reported on Monday (December 13), including 127 in Donetsk region and 126 in Luhansk region.

That’s according to Daily report No. 293/2021, published by the OSCE SMM in Ukraine on December 14 and seen by Ukrinform.

"In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 127 ceasefire violations, including 11 undetermined explosions," the report said.

It is noted that the majority of these cases occurred in areas north of Shyrokyne (government-controlled, 100km south of Donetsk).

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In addition, the Mission recorded 30 ceasefire violations near Oleksandrivske (formerly Rozy Liuksemburh, non-government-controlled, 90km south-east of Donetsk), which were assessed as live-fire training exercises outside the security zone.

On the previous day, 164 ceasefire violations were recorded in Donetsk region (most of them were also near Shyrokyne).

"In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded 126 ceasefire violations, including 18 undetermined explosions," the SMM said.

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It is specified that most of the breaches occurred near the disengagement site in the area of ​​Zolote village (government-controlled, 60 km west of Luhansk).

According to observers, 278 ceasefire violations were recorded in Luhansk region the previous day (most of them were also near the disengagement area near Zolote).

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