OSCE records almost 70 explosions in Donbas over past day

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine recorded 43 explosions in Donetsk region and 24 ones in Luhansk region over the past day.

The OSCE SMM informed this in a report, based on information received as of 19:30, July 31, 2019.

"In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations, including, however, more explosions (43) compared with the previous reporting period (eight explosions)," the report says.

More than half of the ceasefire violations, including 34 explosions, were recorded in areas north-west and south-west of Yasynuvata (non-government-controlled, 16km north-east of Donetsk) and at south-easterly and north-easterly directions of Kamianka (government-controlled, 20km north of Donetsk).

"In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded a similar number of ceasefire violations, all explosions (24), as in the previous reporting period (26 explosions)," the report notes.

The majority of ceasefire violations were recorded in areas north-north-west of Raivka (non-government-controlled 16km north-west of Luhansk).

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