Sunday, November 9, 2014

OSCE concerned with Donetsk shelling

President of the Swiss Confederation Didier Burkhalter, the OSCE chairperson-in-office, has expressed his concern with the recent shelling of Donetsk that claimed human lives. He said he was “very concerned about a resurgence of violence in the eastern regions of Ukraine and about activities leading to more fragility instead of further stabilization of the situation” in a statement published on the OSCE website.
Earlier this week, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in eastern Ukraine published a report on the November 5 shelling of a Donetsk school in which two under aged children were killed and four were wounded. Russia’s Permanent Representative to OSCE, Andrei Kelin, said the reporting by OSCE monitors confirmed the information received from the authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and the Russian Investigation Committee that the school had been shelled from Ukrainian army positions and described the evidence provided by the Ukrainian side, which denied its complicity to the tragedy, as fake.

The OSCE chairperson-in-office “urged all sides to act responsibly and to do all in their power to further consolidate the ceasefire.”

“It is decisive that all sides strictly observe the commitments made in the framework of the Minsk protocol and memorandum and stay away from acts which could lead to new escalation,” he added.

Didier Burkhalter called on all sides to provide conditions that allow for unhindered SMM monitoring in accordance with the SMM mandate as approved by the 57 OSCE states.
[itar-tass.com]
9/11/14
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  1. Les observateurs de l'OSCE ont rapporté le mouvement de matériel militaire non identifié près de Donetsk...

    Selon l'organisation européenne, une colonne, composée de 40 camions qui transportaient des obusiers et des cuves de carburant, a été vue dans la zone de Makeïevka. Une voiture de transport blindée a dirigé cette colonne.

    En outre, le déplacement de 9 chars également non marqués a été enregistré à Donetsk.
    Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_11_09/Les-observateurs-de-lOSCE-font-etat-de-mouvement-du-materiel-pres-de-Donetsk-0154/
    9/11/14

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  2. Ukraine: tirs d'artillerie à l'est, qui a reçu des renforts selon l'OSCE ...

    D'intenses combats d'artillerie ont éclaté dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche à Donetsk, fief des séparatistes prorusses dans l'est de l'Ukraine, où sont arrivés d'importants renforts selon l'OSCE.

    Les tirs très proches du centre ont commencé à s'intensifier vers 02H00 du matin (23H00 GMT samedi) et se poursuivaient avec la même force et régularité deux heures plus tard, selon des journalistes de l'AFP sur place. Il n'était pas possible dans l'immédiat d'évaluer les conséquences de ces bombardements, en raison du couvre-feu imposé à Donetsk par les autorités séparatistes de 23H00 à 06H00 locales.

    Nouveau signe que la trêve conclue le 5 septembre entre Kiev et les séparatistes est moribonde depuis le déroulement dimanche dernier d'élections dans les régions sous le contrôle des rebelles, cette activité militaire sans précédent intervient alors que des observateurs de l'OSCE ont indiqué samedi avoir vu arriver à Donetsk d'importants renforts du côté des rebelles, soit plus de 40 chars et une vingtaine de camions, de fabrication russe et sans plaque d'immatriculation, portant des canons de 122 mm.

    Vendredi, les autorités ukrainiennes avaient dénoncé l'entrée à partir de la Russie, qui n'a été confirmée ni par les États-Unis ni par l'Otan, de dizaines de chars, de troupes et d'autres équipements militaires................http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_ukraine-l-osce-tres-inquiete-de-la-presence-de-chars-et-de-convois-militaires-dans-l-est-rebelle?id=8397637
    9/11/14

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  3. Shelling of Donetsk’s Residential Areas, Suburbs Continues: DPR Government ...

    Ukrainian security forces continue shelling Donetsk's residential neighborhoods and suburbs, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic's (DPR) government stated Sunday on its official website.

    "The shelling of Donetsk's residential areas and its suburbs continued," the DPR's government's statement read.

    According to the statement, "the residential neighborhoods and industrial targets, located in the north-eastern outskirts of Donetsk" were shelled seven times during the night. Two civilians were injured, three residential buildings were damaged.

    During the night the situation has not changed. The residential areas are still under shelling, the DPR's government reported....................http://en.ria.ru/world/20141109/195359408/Shelling-of-Donetsks-Residential-Areas-Suburbs-Continues-DPR.html
    9/11/14

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