Representatives of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine have recorded the presence of 18 towed howitzers and nearly 775 ammunition crates in non-government controlled areas in Donbas, the mission has said in a report.

The SMM's official report for August 12 says that beyond withdrawal lines but outside designated storage sites in a non-government-controlled area, on August 10, an SMM mini-UAV spotted 18 towed howitzers (eight 2A36 Giatsint-B, 152mm and ten 2A65 Msta-B, 152mm) in a compound north of Khrustalny.

OSCE observers say that at another compound, the same SMM mini-UAV spotted an artillery reconnaissance vehicle (PRP-4 Nard) and 775 ammunition crates (some of which were assessed as new), as well as 118 crates of MLRS (BM-21) rockets.

The OSCE SMM said that in violation of withdrawal lines in non-government-controlled areas, an SMM long-range unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) again spotted six multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) (BM-21 Grad, 122mm) in a compound north of Khrustalny on August 10, which were not seen earlier during the day when an SMM mini-UAV flew over the same area.

On August 11, the SMM saw four MLRS (BM-21) near Novoamvrosiyivske.