LUHANSK. Feb 18 (Interfax) - The Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE SMM) has noted in its daily report an increased number of ceasefire violations by the opposing sides in Donbas.
"In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded 402 ceasefire violations, including 188 explosions," the SMM said in the report for February 17 published on the OSCE website.
Most violations were observed within and near the Zolote disengagement area, it said.
"In the previous reporting period, it recorded 129 ceasefire violations in the region (most of them also near the Zolote disengagement area)," the mission said.
"In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded 189 ceasefire violations, including 128 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 24 ceasefire violations in the region," it said.