Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19
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Source: OSCE
In Donetsk region the SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations[1] than during the previous day.
The SMM camera in Shyrokyne (20km east of Mariupol) recorded 56 undetermined explosions at an unknown distance to the north-east on the night of 7 August.
Whilst in government-controlled Svitlodarsk (57km north-east of Donetsk), on the night of 7 August, the SMM heard 38 explosions assessed as impacts of rounds from undetermined weapons 4-7km south-east of its position.
While in “DPR”-controlled Horlivka, the SMM heard 12 undetermined explosions 10-12km north-north-west of its position on the evening of 7 August.
On 8 August, positioned at the “DPR”-controlled Donetsk central railway station (6km north-west of the city centre), the SMM heard 20 explosions assessed as artillery rounds: 11 assessed as outgoing artillery rounds 2-4km north-west, seven assessed as impacts of 152mm artillery rounds and two as airbursts of 152mm artillery rounds 2.5-3.5km north-east.
Read more: http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/258361
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As usual, the actual events are more numerous and carried out by both sides of the conflict than reported in the press. Unfiltered reports are available daily from the OSCE for the conflict in the eastern Ukraine.
