Observers from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) are still registering movement of heavy weaponry across the military-operation zone in eastern Ukraine from where it was supposed to have been removed under the Minsk agreements.
“In territory under LPR [the self-proclaimed republic of Luhansk] control, in areas proscribed by the Minsk arrangements, four main battle tanks (MBT) and a piece of heavy artillery [type not determined due to distance] were seen by the SMM,” the SMM said in a report valid at 7.30 p.m. on April 23, unveiled on April 24.
“In areas under the control of the DPR [the self-proclaimed republic of Donetsk], the SMM saw 15 MBTs and three infantry fighting vehicles (BMP),” the SMM said.
“In government-controlled areas, the SMM saw three stationary MBTs (T-64) [the same as previously reported in the April 22 SMM Daily Report] and three further MBTs (T-64), which were also in areas proscribed by the Minsk arrangements,” it said.
