This report is for media and the general public. The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations*– observed that fighting continued in areas around Donetsk airport, Horlivka and Shyrokyne, east of Mariupol. In Mariupol (government-controlled, 110km south of Donetsk), the Chief Monitor met with the Mariupol mayor and his deputies. The mayor said the city had been suffering economically due to the crisis, with steel factories running at half their output and business …read more
Source: OSCE
