OSCE shows convoy of armored vehicles that entered occupied Luhansk

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (OSCE SMM) has posted photos of military-type vehicles and armed men in the area around the former building of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's office in Luhansk.

The photos have been posted on the OSCE SMM's page on Facebook.

In addition, observers recorded a convoy of military vehicles in Donetsk region, which was moving in the direction of Luhansk.

"An SMM patrol observed a convoy of vehicles consisting of at least six military style trucks, two APCs, a mounted ZU-23 and over 20 civilian cars without registration plates with at least 50 armed men on the road near Debaltseve (Donetsk region). A similar convoy, likely the same was observed later by a different SMM patrol in Vesela Tarasivka (15km west of Luhansk) moving in the direction of Luhansk city," the SMM reported.

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