This report is for media and the general public. The SMM continued monitoring the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted due to security considerations – noted that there had been heavy fighting in and around the Debaltseve-Horlivka area. However in many other places, the ceasefire largely held. In the vicinity of the Donetsk airport on the morning of the 17 February, the SMM heard artillery and mortar shelling, heavy machine guns and small arms fire. The SMM could not ascertain whether the rounds …read more
Source: OSCE