Use of heavy weaponry in Donbas sees 60% rise in past week

17:23, 30.03.2017 1 min read

The number of ceasefire violation instances on the Donbas contact line has risen by 60% over the past week, Alexander Hug, first deputy head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission (OSCE SMM) in Ukraine, said on Thursday.

The OSCE SMM registered 60% growth in the number of cases of ceasefire violation: in all, there have been 3,930 mortar, artillery and rocket explosions over the past week, up from 1,595 during the previous week, Hug said at a news briefing in Kyiv.