{"id":46846,"date":"2015-12-18T19:02:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T19:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=38738"},"modified":"2015-12-18T22:42:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-18T19:42:19","slug":"38738-osce-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/38738-osce-17","title":{"rendered":"Security situation in Donbas remains tense and unpredictable. The violence is spreading \u2013 OSCE SMM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pma5kpoQ6RY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kyiv, December 2015.<\/strong> <\/em>The security situation in Donbas \u2013 as in previous weeks \u2013 has remained tense and unpredictable. The OSCE SMM noted indications that the violence was spreading. \u201cOn Saturday, for instance, in the space of 90 minutes we recorded 99 explosions in\u00a0Novotroitske, and 32 explosions in Starohnativka.\u00a0The day before in Pervomaisk in Luhansk region, we heard eight explosions\u201d, stated Alexander Hug, Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center. He also added that during his visit to the region last week, he observed a school in Zaitseve turned into a fortified position by the so-called \u201cDonetsk People\u2019s Republic\u201d (\u201cDPR\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Hug, the TCG working group on security issues met recently in Minsk, where 12 priority areas for mine clearance were identified. There was some tentative progress made, with the sides agreeing to provide security and ensure there is no firing in these areas. \u201cAmong these areas are: Vuhlehirsk Power Station; Karbonit Water supply project; Maiorsk-Horlivka (pressure pipeline) and others\u201d, noted Alexander Hug.<\/p>\n<p>Charitable organizations continue to face difficulties operating in areas not controlled by the government. \u201cGiven the restrictions placed on people trying to deliver humanitarian assistance, it is with some irony \u2013 and sadness \u2013 that the SMM continues to observe increasingly large amounts of coal leaving areas not controlled by the government\u201d, Mr Hug explained, adding that on 12 and 13 December, for instance,\u00a0the SMM observed a total of 230 trucks, most loaded with coal, at the Marynivka crossing point, waiting to leave Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The SMM itself is also experiencing difficulties. \u201cMany interlocutors in public institutions controlled by the so-called \u201cDPR\u201d have been insisting that we receive permission from the so-called DPR prior to allowing us visit or even speak to them\u201d, he explained. The SMM meets\u00a0an even more serious challenge to the freedom of movement at checkpoints controlled by the so-called \u201cDPR\u201d. \u201cWhen people ask us why we have been unable to verify explosions \u2013 and resulting damage and casualties; when they ask where was the SMM when facilitation and oversight of de-mining was required; when they wonder why no one was there to record the unfolding humanitarian crisis \u2013 I will have a very simple answer: ask the people in control in Donetsk city\u201d, Mr Hug argued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH IN ENGLISH Kyiv, December 2015. The security situation in Donbas \u2013 as in previous weeks \u2013 has remained tense and unpredictable. The OSCE SMM noted indications that the violence was spreading. \u201cOn Saturday, for instance, in the space of 90 minutes we recorded 99 explosions in\u00a0Novotroitske, and 32 explosions in Starohnativka.\u00a0The day before in [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/38738-osce-17\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":46847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[705],"tags":[],"section":[648],"form":[31956],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Security situation in Donbas remains tense and unpredictable. The violence is spreading \u2013 OSCE SMM | UACRISIS.ORG<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UGGplpGnIVo WATCH IN ENGLISH Kyiv, December 2015. 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