Aidar battalion shows Grad strike damage in Luhansk region to OSCE monitors – report

11:49, 21.04.2015 1 min read

On April 19, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) visited the government-controlled village of Valuiske in Luhansk region which was shelled with missiles launched by a Grad BM-21 multiple launch rocket system last Saturday.

In their report, the monitors said that on 19 April members of the Aidar volunteer battalion showed them the damage caused by the missile strike.

"One missile destroyed a house and two others impacted in close proximity to two other homes. A fourth missile landed outside the village. No one was injured. Members of the Aidar volunteer battalion, who requested the SMM to visit the scene, showed [the monitors] the supposed remnants of the alleged Grad missiles," reads the report.

As reported, on 18 April the government-controlled village of Valuiske (20km north east of Luhansk) was shelled with Grad missiles, according to a spokesperson for Luhansk military and civilian administration head Hennadiy Moskal. Three 122-mm caliber missiles, the use of which was banned by the most recent Minsk agreement, were used in the attack.