OSCE spots Grad projectiles in residential areas of Ilovaisk

The Mission earlier reported nearly 30 howitzers in the occupied territory.

Observers who are part of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine have spotted projectiles from a Grad multiple launch rocket system in the town of Ilovaisk, Donetsk region.

"On March 18, in Ilovaisk (non-government-controlled, 30km south-east of Donetsk) the SMM saw for the first time two metal objects assessed as probable projectiles from a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS, Grad-type, 122mm) protruding from the road surface near 57 and 85 Shevchenka Street, about 70m from the nearest building," the OSCE said in an update based on information received as of 19:30 Kyiv time on March 18, 2019.

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"At 171 Shevchenka Street, the Mission again saw a previously observed unexploded ordnance," reads the report.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Russian-led forces mounted seven attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in the past 24 hours.