OSCE confirms six civilians injured in Donbas war in past week

"The SMM confirmed six civilian injuries last week," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on October 27.

Read alsoOSCE monitors report attempt to shoot down their UAV in Russian-occupied DonetskTwo incidents happened close to a checkpoint in the Trudovskyi area of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk's Petrovskyi district where a man and a woman were injured.

Hug also said the SMM had seen military positions with armed men and hardware in civilian areas of Trudovskyi.

"Those firing at civilians are responsible but using civilians as shields has moral culpability too," he said.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Hug announced in Donetsk on October 12 that monitors had confirmed 400 civilian victims in Donbas since January 2017.