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Donbas militants continue violating the lines of military equipment withdrawal, according to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission’s report of August 12.
“In violation of withdrawal lines in non-government-controlled areas, on 10 August the SMM observed six surface-to-air missile systems (9K35 Strela-10, 120mm) traveling south-west in the south-eastern outskirts of Luhansk city,” reads the report.
The mission added that in non-government-controlled areas on August 10 they saw “an anti-aircraft gun (ZU-23) mounted on a military-type truck among nine other military-type trucks, all of which had covered cargo areas, travelling south-west in the south-eastern outskirts of Luhansk city.”
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