The OSCE observers confirmed the shelling in the Donbass – RBC

Cars OSCE in the Donbass. Archival photo

Photo: REUTERS 2015

The representatives of the press service of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine confirmed that the patrol monitors He came under fire near the village of Kominternovo in Donbass. This was said in a statement received by the disposal of “RIA Novosti».

«Special monitoring mission of the OSCE in Ukraine, confirms that today, December 27 2015 at 11:20 in the area Kominternovo incident occurred with small arms “- said in a statement.

The statement says that” small arms fire in the direction of the patrol was conducted CMM, of examining the crater. ” As a result of the incident none of the employees was injured, the OSCE and the machine does not get damaged. After the shelling, the observers immediately left the area and returned to the base in Donetsk. The OSCE has promised that more details about the incident will be given in a daily report of the monitoring mission.

On the shelling by Kominternovo RTR also told reporters, who were together with the observers. “Once the OSCE began their work, we heard single shots. As then told us the military, it was the sound of sniper rifles. Then they began to sound gunfire, “- said the special correspondent Andrey Rudenko RTR TV channel” Russia 24 “. According to the journalist, this village is controlled by the “rules of the sector” (an organization banned in Russia).

In came under fire inspection team, in addition to observers, were deputy commander of the headquarters of the militia DNI Eduard Eduard Basurin and representatives of the Joint Center for control and coordination the ceasefire in the Donbass (STSKK). As previously explained Eduard Basurin, a group headed by Kominternovo to examine the place of the incident this week bombardment.

Ukrainian military previously rejected the accusations of shelling. The Defense Ministry reported that the militiamen were trying to send a patrol of the OSCE mission in an ambush, where “under the guise disguised as soldiers Ukrainian Armed bandits planned to bombard and destroy mission representatives” and the Ukrainian military men accused of violating the Minsk accords and the inability of Ukraine to provide conditions for the OSCE staff . Plenipotentiary of the contact group DNI Dennis Pushilin called the accusations “absurd.”