Shyrokyne quiet for first time in days - Kyiv
KYIV. April 29 (Interfax) - All was quiet near the Ukrainian army positions in the Shyrokyne area in the Donetsk region on Tuesday, Ukrainian Presidential Administration spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said.
"We did not observe a single attack on our positions in the Shyrokyne area yesterday. In spite of the Minsk agreements, the militants had been bombarding the town daily and purposefully destroying its infrastructure and residential buildings recently," he said at a press briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.
Shyrokyne's streets are stuffed with explosive devices, rounds and pull-action mines, Motuzyanyk said.
"The village still has a population of approximately 40, mostly, senior citizens who are unable to leave their homes," he said.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug said on April 24 that Ukrainian and Russian representatives to the Joint Control and Coordination Center had agreed on the need to demilitarize Shyrokyne.
