This report is for media and the general public. The SMM began monitoring the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM monitored the ceasefire which commenced at 00:00hrs on 15 February. It observed that the ceasefire has been adhered to despite some incidents in Sievierodonetsk (90km north-west of Luhansk, government-controlled), Luhansk, Debaltseve (80km north of Donetsk) and in Donetsk city. The chair of the village council in Hranitne (57km south of Donetsk, government-controlled) told the SMM on 15 February that there had been no shelling since the previous afternoon. Residents of “Donetsk …read more
Source: OSCE
