OSCE reports increased ceasefire violations by Ukrainian fighters in the Donetsk People’srepublic

Monitors of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have reported increased ceasefire violations at and around the Donetsk airport, according to a daily update of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine for August 6 that was posted on its website on Friday.

There was a significant increase in ceasefire violations at and around “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”)-controlled Donetsk airport compared with the previous day,” the SMM said in the report. The SMM said it had heard a total of 125 explosions and “intensive exchanges of small-arms and light-weapons, heavy machine-gun and automatic grenade launcher fire.”

Monitors of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have reported increased ceasefire violations at and around the Donetsk airport, according to a daily update of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine for August 6 that was posted on its website on Friday.

There was a significant increase in ceasefire violations at and around DPR-controlled Donetsk airport compared with the previous day,” the SMM said in the report. The SMM said it had heard a total of 125 explosions and “intensive exchanges of small-arms and light-weapons, heavy machine-gun and automatic grenade launcher fire.”