Modern video surveillance cameras, which will help Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) monitors conduct round-the-clock monitoring and record shellings in the populated area of Shyrokyne in he Donetsk region of Ukraine, have been installed, the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said.

"On January 12, modern video monitoring cameras, which will be monitoring the outskirts of the Shyrokyne settlement, were installed in the presence of monitors of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine and the Joint Center for Control and Coordination [JCCC] on the issues of ceasefire and stabilization of the disengagement line between the sides," it said.

The press service said the cameras had been mounted on 18-meter-high towers and are conducting round-the-clock panoramic video recording that enables monitoring of the territory within a range of up to 2.4 kilometers.

The use of this equipment provides an opportunity for the real-time round-the-clock monitoring and recording of shellings from the main OSCE office.