This report is for media and the general public. The provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum, and in particular the activities of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC), remained the focus of the SMM’s monitoring activities. There was intense shelling in Donetsk city, whilst Mariupol and its surroundings remained calm. The deputy head of Social Protection for the Izium district told the SMM in Izium (126km SE of Kharkiv) that 600-700 people from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions were arriving in Izium every day in order to receive their pensions. The principal and four department heads of …read more
Source: OSCE