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OSCE Provides Daily Updates on East Ukraine Conflict
OSCE – Organization for Security & Co-Operation in Europe
OSCE SPECIAL MONITORING MISSION (SMM) TO UKRAINE – 30
JANUARY 2015
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The SMM continued to monitor the implementation
of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the
Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). Two shelling incidents
occurred in Donetsk city resulting in at least five civilian fatalities and
eight civilians injured. Evacuation of civilians from “Donetsk People’s
Republic” and “Lugansk People’s Republic” (“DPR” and “LPR”) - controlled areas
continued.
At 12:30hrs, the SMM arrived in Kuibyshevskyi
district (2km north-west of Donetsk city centre) to observe the
aftermath of a reported shelling incident. In front of “Hotel Europe” and next
to a humanitarian aid distribution point on Panfilova Avenue, the SMM saw five
civilian fatalities, three men and two women. On Matrosova Street (0.3km from
the first site), the SMM observed a trolley bus which had apparently been
damaged by the shelling. At hospital No. 17 in Donetsk city, the SMM was told
by hospital staff that eight injured civilians had been brought to the
hospital, six from Panfilova Avenue and two from Matrosova Street. The SMM’s
observations of the impact suggest that the impact was most likely caused by a
122mm artillery grenade, fired from a north-westerly direction.
At the entrance of “DPR”-controlled Khartzisk
(25km east of Donetsk), the SMM observed a column of 13 infantry fighting
vehicles (“BMP” type) heading towards Donetsk followed by one unmarked flatbed
truck transporting another such vehicle.
At the “DPR”-controlled Illovaysk (31km east of
Donetsk) freight railway terminal, the SMM observed five unmarked military
trucks (Ural and Kamaz type) heading in the direction of Donetsk city. A column
of another 12 unmarked military trucks of the same types was observed at the
entrance of the station.
The SMM observed three tanks (type T72)
stationary on the side of the route T0508 4km south of “DPR”-controlled Donetsk
city……..