OSCE mission reports 44 civilian fatalities, 189 injuries in Donbas in 2017

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine has reported about civilian casualties in Donbas: 44 civilians were killed and 189 were injured since the beginning of the current year.

This is stated in the SMM report as of May 31.

Also, following a decrease in violence by 40% between May 15 and May 21, the SMM recorded deterioration of security situation, namely: an increase in the number of ceasefire violations by 45% over the period from May 22 to 28

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