23 Apr 2015 19:17

OSCE SMM says heavy weapons remain in exclusion zone in Luhansk rgn

KYIV. April 23 (Interfax) - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (OSCE SMM) has verified that all weapons previously recorded as present were still on site in the Luhansk region.

"Despite claims that the withdrawal of heavy weapons was completed, the SMM continued to observe the presence of heavy weapons inside the exclusion zone. In "LPR"-controlled areas the SMM observed the same heavy weapons present as the days before," the mission said in a spot report for April 22.