Thanks to the monitors of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission (OSCE SMM) in Ukraine, the water supply has been restored for nearly 400,000 residents in the area of Donetsk over the past week, OSCE SMM Principal Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug said.

The water supply has been restored for nearly 400,000 residents in the localities around Donetsk and in parts of the city, Hug said at a Skype conference on Friday.

He said that the special filter plant has not operated before the OSCE SMM interference, because the repair brigades could not go there due to constant shell attacks.