OSCE mission sees no withdrawal of heavy weapons in Donbas

The OSCE special monitoring mission has not observed the withdrawal of heavy weapons in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine spokesman Michael Bociurkiw said on Thursday.

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According to Bociurkiw, observers have only recorded the movement of military equipment.

He also said that the OSCE experts couldn’t still visit Debaltseve, according to Russian news agency Rosbalt.

The representatives of the mission expressed deep concern over the events in Debaltseve and called on the militants to immediately stop their offensive.

As reported earlier, the OSCE special monitoring mission said that the representatives of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics had refused to order a ceasefire in the Donbas conflict zone, in particular in Debaltseve.

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