In particular, the SMM observed 30 cars, including 15 with 'DPR' plates.
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has reported active traffic in border areas controlled by the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" ("DPR") in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, outside the Ukrainian government's control.
"While at a border crossing point near Marynivka (78km east of Donetsk), the SMM observed 30 cars (including 15 with 'DPR' plates), a covered truck with 'DPR' plates (cargo not observed), three mini-vans (including two with 'DPR' plates), a bus with 'DPR' plates carrying about 50 passengers (mixed genders and ages), and four pedestrians (two women and two men in their thirties and forties) entering Ukraine," the OSCE SMM said in its daily report for September 17.
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The mission also observed 14 cars (including six with "DPR" plates), three covered trucks (including two with "DPR" plates) (cargo not observed), a mini-van with "DPR" plates, a bus with "DPR" plates carrying about 50 passengers (mixed genders and ages), and three pedestrians (one woman in her forties and two men in their thirties and forties) queuing to enter Ukraine.