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US media outlet deletes text about absence of Russian military in Donbas from interview with OSCE US media outlet deletes text about absence of Russian military in Donbas from interview with OSCE's Hug Foreign Policy, the U.S.-based ezine that published an interview with outgoing Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Alexander Hug on Oct. 25, 2018 has removed a portion of the interview in which Hug said the OSCE's mission did not detect evidence of Russian interference in Donbas. 8 727 46 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

OSCE: Number of attacks with banned heavy weapons in eastern Ukraine rose nine-fold last week OSCE: Number of attacks with banned heavy weapons in eastern Ukraine rose nine-fold last week The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) observed a 10 percent increase in the number of ceasefire violations over last week while the number of attacks with heavy weapons banned by the Minsk agreements grew almost nine-fold. 3 390 6 Incidents

OSCE observers see signs of escalation in Donbas OSCE observers see signs of escalation in Donbas The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine recorded further increase in the number of violations of the Christmas truce in the Donbas announced on Dec. 23, 2017 8 393 20 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

иконка Donbas terrorists masked tanks and IFVs in occupied Pikuzy prior to OSCE monitors in the area, - Ukraine's Intelligence Russian occupation command in the Donbas continues hiding facts of Minsk agreements violations, including provisions on hardware and weapons withdrawal from the demarcation line. 7 546 5 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

хуг OSCE confirmed 400 killed and wounded civilians in Donbas in 2017, - Hug Deputy Chief Monitor of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of OSCE in Ukraine Alexander Hug said the Organization's monitors confirmed 400 casualties among civilians in the Donbas this year. 5 770 18 Incidents

хуг Intensity of fire in Donbas increased by 25 percent over past week, cease-fire violated, - Hug Over the past week, the intensify of gunfire has increased by 25 percent on both sides of the Donbas contact line, Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (SMM) Alexander Hug said. 2 350 13 Ukrainian Politics

хуг OSCE patrol comes under fire in Donetsk filtration station area The workers of a third party organization were trying to install a surveillance cam at the roof of the filtration station to secure 24h monitoring in the area. 12 973 20 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

хуг Casualties among civilians increased by 110 percent in Donbas, - OSCE's Hug 45 civilians have been killed in the Donbas since the beginning of the year, OSCE SMM (special monitoring mission in Ukraine) says. 5 604 16 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

One civilian killed, 19 injured in Donbas hostilities on May 1-7, - OSCE Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) Alexander Hug delivered report on last week’s developments in the Donbas. 3 849 5 Health

OSCE monitors to take only paved roads in Donbas following recent patrol car blast, - Hug Teams of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine will only use paved roads after the acccident with the mission’s car that tripped an explosive device on April 23. 5 770 61 Previously in trend: OSCE patrol vehicle exploded

OSCE car blast was not accidental, but planned, - Hug The mine that destroyed an OSCE car in the terrorist-held part of the Luhansk region was laid on purpose. 19 535 50 Previously in trend: OSCE patrol vehicle exploded

выборы тимошенко закон обсе OSCE vehicle blast killed American, injured German and Czech, - Hug A United States national was killed in the yesterday's OSCE SUV blast near the village of Pryshyb in the militants-held territory of Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region. 43 507 140 Previously in trend: OSCE patrol vehicle exploded

OSCE's Hug: Use of hardware at May 9 "military parade" in Luhansk violates Minsk accords The use of heavy military equipment by militants at a "military parade" on May 9, 2017 in occupied Luhansk is in violation of the Minsk agreements. 14 141 71 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

хуг Donbas situation may sharply escalate anytime, OSCE’s Hug says The OSCE believes that the situation in the Russian-occupied Donbas is far from stable. 22 540 58 Incidents

OSCE: 21 civilians killed, some 100 wounded in Donbas in 2017 Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Alexander Hug says 21 civilians have been killed and 95 wounded in the anti-terrorist operation area in Ukraine’s east since the beginning of the year. 990 2 Incidents

Donbas resembles powder keg, no time for assumptions left, - OSCE's Hug Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Alexander Hug has compared the occupied Donbas to a powder keg. 18 882 57 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

"DPR" terrorists fired at OSCE observers recording militants’ SP guns deployed in disengagement area Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Alexander Hug says "DPR" militants started firing upon the observers recording SP guns deployed in the area supposed to be free of heavy weapons on March 3. 10 285 15 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Number of heavy weapon uses in Donbas increased by 230 percent, - OSCE's Hug The number of heavy weapon uses in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in Ukraine's east has increased by 230 percent over the past week. 2 787 13 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

OSCE observers met people in Donbas claiming their membership in Russian army, - Hug Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Alexander Hug says he personally talked to the people in the Donbas who claimed that they were members of the Russian army units. 26 363 107 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

OSCE to monitor repair process of Donetsk water filtration station (DFS) The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine patrol with Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug arrived at Donetsk water filtration station. 5 281 35 Ukrainian Politics

OSCE SMM, JCCC assisted in ensuring localized cease-fire around Donetsk filtration station, - Hug OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in conjunction with the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the cease-fire in the Donbas made efforts to ensure a localized cease-fire around Donetsk filtration station (DFS). 6 039 19 Previously in trend: Avdiivka fighting

Militants violated cease-fire 1,730 times in 2017, - Defense Ministry Тhe head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko held a meeting with the deputy chief of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Alexander Hug. 2 399 17 Ukrainian Politics

сепары стреляют OSCE drone records "DPR's" howitzer battery firing toward Svitlodarsk, - Hug. VIDEO The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) has spotted a battery of self-propelled howitzers, shooting in the direction of Svitlodarsk. 54 867 62 Incidents

Minsk-banned weapon use in Donbas increased by 250 percent since Dec. 19, - OSCE Monitor Hug OSCE's Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine says the cease-fire was not in place in the Donbas during the winter holidays. 2 314 7 Ukrainian Politics

OSCE recorded 75 percent increase in number of cease-fire violations, - Hug Half of cease-fire violations in the Donbas is registered at the Svitlodarsk salient. 1 997 8 Ukrainian Politics

Donbas conflict far from being frozen, - Hug OSCE says the situation in the Donbas is unpredictable, very volatile and very kinetic. 3 630 5 Ukrainian Politics

Last week saw highest number of attacks in ATO area in 2106, - OSCE Last week, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) registered the largest number of attacks since the beginning of the year. 3 135 23 Incidents

Coordination between Russian, Ukrainian JCCC members needed for successful disengagement of troops in Donbas, - OSCE Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Alexander Hug says more teamwork is needed within the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Cease-fire in Donbas (JCCC) to complete the disengagement of troops and hardware in the designated areas in Ukraine’s east. 2 418 7 Incidents

OSCE mission demands secure access to disengagement areas in Donbas, - Hug The OSCE monitors need unimpeded and safe access to the areas of disengagement of forces and hardware in order to establish permanent observation points there. 4 142 32 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Disengagement of forces in Donbas must start immediately, OSCE’s Hug says The process of disengagement of troops and hardware in the Donbas must start without further delay. 10 769 140 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Disengagement is only way for sustainable stabilization of situation in Donbas, OSCE’s Hug says OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Principal Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug believes that the disengagement of troops and hardware of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the armed groups of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine is the only way to stabilize the situation for extended period of time. 4 703 37 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Ukrainian troops strictly observe cease-fire, - Muzhenko Ukrainian soldiers follow the truce despite constant militants’ attacks in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area. 9 202 138 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Parties to conflict in Donbas must remove checkpoints and demine three areas in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, - OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) calls on the parties to the conflict to remove checkpoints and clear from mines three areas in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions agreed by the Trilateral Contact Group to resolve the situation in the Donbas (Ukraine-OSCE-Russia). 16 367 98 Incidents

Militants to continue hampering OSCE observers’ work unless their impunity addressed, - Hug The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) requires unobstructed access to the entire militants-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine to resolve the conflict in the Donbas. 13 146 65 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

OSCE aware of presence of Russian troops in Donbas The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) has information about the presence of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine. However, it can not arrive at any conclusions. 20 282 67 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Attack on school is too much, - OCSE’s Hug on shelling of Krasnohorivka The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) is concerned about shelling of a school in Krasnohorivka (the Donetsk region). 20 786 33 Incidents

Violence level on contact line increased dramatically. Number of attacks near Mariupol reached last September’s level, - OSCE The level of violence at the demarcation line in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone dramatically increased last week. 5 349 3 Incidents

OSCE observers fired at between Avdiivka and Yasynuvata, - Hug OSCE Special Monitoring Mission patrol has been fired at with small arms in the Donbas. 12 124 34 Incidents

Unanimous decision of 57 participating states needed for OSCE armed police mission deployment in Donbas, - Hug The decision on the introduction of the OSCE armed police mission in Donbas must be adopted by consensus of all 57 participating states. 7 504 80 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

карта ато Terrorists conducted 42 cases of shelling yesterday; 200 missiles launched by enemy near Luhanske, - Staff Despite arrival of the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine led by Alexander Hug to the area of Donetsk, Yasynuvata and Avdiivka, the volume of fire by militants has not decreased. 6 607 22 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Russia neglects agreements on live fire training termination and demining, - OSCE The Russian side at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination has failed to provide the OSCE with an answer regarding the plan of implementation of agreements on demining and termination of live fire training in the Donbas, reached in Minsk on March 2. 6 931 41 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

“DPR” militants’ position endangers school in Zaitseve, - OSCE The illegal armed groups of the “DPR” militants have deployed military equipment outside a school in Zaitseve village, located in the action area in the Donbas. 4 369 5 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

30 percent of withdrawn weapons disappeared from holding areas in Donbas, - OSCE February was the worst month in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area since Sept. 2015. 12 345 50 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

Militants proceed with drills along demarcation line in defiance of Minsk decisions, - OSCE Dozens of tanks and guns are employed in the exercises. 5 716 40 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine

OSCE monitors recorded 88 unremoved tanks on terrorist-controlled areas, - Hug OSCE monitors recorded 88 tanks on terrorist-controlled territories of the Donbas last week. 4 432 39 Ukrainian Politics

OSCE Chief Monitor Hug to visit Zaitseve Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Alexander Hug will visit Zaitseve in the Donetsk region with SMM monitors on Monday, Feb. 15. 2 537 29 Ukrainian Politics

OSCE records Grad rocket launcher on terrorists-controlled "Luhansk People's Republic" OSCE's Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine has recorded a Grad multiple-launch rocket system on terrorists-controlled "LPR" territory. 4 238 23 Incidents

Zaitseve checkpoint closed, locals forced to cross minefields getting to work, - OSCE The situation around the closure of Zaitseve checkpoint caused problems in terms of locals' jobs. They experience troubles getting to work in Artemivsk. 4 683 37 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

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