Ukrainian forces violated the "ceasefire" 55 times over the last 24 hours, mainly shelling the residential areas of Donetsk from mortars.
DNR leadership reports that they uncovered 21 more bodies of Ukrainian soldiers under debris of the Donetsk airport
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Russian humanitarian convoy, consisting of 80 trucks delivered 700 tonnes of seeds and construction materials to Donetsk and Lugansk.
DNR leadership reports that they uncovered 21 more bodies of Ukrainian soldiers under debris of the Donetsk airport
http://ria.ru/world/20150315/1052637861.html
Russian humanitarian convoy, consisting of 80 trucks delivered 700 tonnes of seeds and construction materials to Donetsk and Lugansk.
21 bodies ...
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/145041
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At the Donetsk airport new terminal, the SMM observed the arrival of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) “emergency services”, together with 20 captives, whom the “DPR” referred to as Ukrainian soldiers, who shortly after started searching for deceased Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers. The SMM saw two bodies being recovered from the rubble and prepared to be transported. After the preliminary identification of the bodies was made, the personal belongings were collected and handed over to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) present at the scene. While at the airport, between 12:10 and 12:20hrs, the SMM heard 15 explosions in a south-westerly direction of its location. Between 12:25 and 13:43hrs the SMM heard 31 explosions south of its position. In both cases SMM could not determine the types of weapons that were used, the distance of the origin of the sound, or if it was incoming or outgoing fire. Between 13:34 and 13:49hrs the SMM heard approximately 20 single shots of small arms fire in an area approximately 500 to 700m south-east of its position.*
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* Restrictions on SMM access and freedom of movement:
The SMM is restrained in fulfilling its monitoring functions by restrictions imposed by third parties and security considerations including the lack of information on whereabouts of landmines.
The security situation in Donbas is fluid and unpredictable and the cease-fire does not hold everywhere. For this reason, the SMM requires security guarantees from “DPR” and “LPR” which are not always provided. Where such guarantees are limited to escorted movements, and escorts are not provided for all planned patrols or are delayed, this also represents a restriction of SMM freedom of movement.
In particular during the reporting period:
- At a checkpoint in “LPR”-controlled territory the SMM was denied access by “LPR” armed persons on 12 March. On the following day, at the same location, a Cossack “commander” granted SMM access but with the provision of an escort.
At the bridge over the Sievierskyi Donets river,“LPR”-personnel at a checkpoint before the bridge leading to Shchastia, denied the SMM passage by vehicle on the grounds that the road was mined.
The SMM is restrained in fulfilling its monitoring functions by restrictions imposed by third parties and security considerations including the lack of information on whereabouts of landmines.
The security situation in Donbas is fluid and unpredictable and the cease-fire does not hold everywhere. For this reason, the SMM requires security guarantees from “DPR” and “LPR” which are not always provided. Where such guarantees are limited to escorted movements, and escorts are not provided for all planned patrols or are delayed, this also represents a restriction of SMM freedom of movement.
In particular during the reporting period:
- At a checkpoint in “LPR”-controlled territory the SMM was denied access by “LPR” armed persons on 12 March. On the following day, at the same location, a Cossack “commander” granted SMM access but with the provision of an escort.
At the bridge over the Sievierskyi Donets river,“LPR”-personnel at a checkpoint before the bridge leading to Shchastia, denied the SMM passage by vehicle on the grounds that the road was mined.
