OSCE reports almost 14,700 ceasefire violations in Donbas in last week

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"The SMM recorded 14,698 ceasefire violations in the last week," he said at a press event in Kyiv on Friday.

"This shows that the sides disregard the Minsk agreements," he added.

Last week there was a decrease in the number of ceasefire violations by some 15% compared to previous week, he said.

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He also briefed on civilian casualties.

From March 6 to 12, SMM monitors confirmed eight cases of civilians injured in shelling incidents on both sides of the contact line in Donbas, he said.