OSCE: Militants deploy dozens of military equipment in eastern Ukraine

This is stated in the OSCE SMM daily report 215/2021 issued on 14 September 2021.

In violation of withdrawal lines, the SMM saw 21 multiple launch rocket systems in a nongovernment-controlled area of Luhansk region, namely 122mm BM-21 Grad systems near Khrustalnyi (formerly Krasnyi Luch, 56km south-west of Luhansk).

Beyond withdrawal lines but outside designated storage sites, the Mission saw 47 tanks in two training areas in non-government-controlled areas of Luhansk

Region. Of them, 24 tanks of undetermined type were stationed in a training area near Buhaivka (37km south-west of Luhansk), where imagery also revealed the presence of 66 armoured combat vehicles. Another 23 tanks were spotted in a training area near Kruhlyk (31km south-west of Luhansk).

Moreover, the OSCE SMM revealed the military-type presence in the security zone. Militants located two infantry fighting vehicles (one BMP-1 and one BMP-2) near Dovhe (22km north-west of Luhansk).

Twenty-four self-propelled and towed howitzers were spotted in a training area near Buhaivka (37km south-west of Luhansk).

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