OSCE monitors come under fire in eastern Ukraine, no one injured - statement
BRUSSELS. Dec 16 (Interfax) - Vehicles carrying Ukrainian troops and members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine came under fire in the eastern part of Ukraine on Monday, the OSCE said in a press release on Tuesday.
"On 15 December, the SMM monitored the rotation of Ukrainian army personnel based at Donetsk International Airport. The SMM observed two green military trucks carrying 36 Ukrainian soldiers and a third military truck containing food, water and supplies," the document says.
"As the three trucks returned southwards, now driven by Ukrainian military personnel, and approached the position where the SMM patrol and the 'DPR' vehicles were located, the Ukrainian military vehicles came under automatic rifle fire from a westerly direction," the press release says.
The incident occurred at about 4:50 p.m. local time.
"The Ukrainian military vehicles continued to take fire as they passed the SMM patrol and 'DPR' vehicles," it said.
"There were no injuries or damages sustained by the SMM, Ukrainian military personnel and 'DPR' members. The SMM patrol returned safely to base at 17:58hrs," it said.