OSCE SMM monitors narrowly escape machine fire in Donbas

OSCE SMM monitors narrowly escape machine fire in Donbas

Monitors of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in the morning of October 16, registered fire from automatic-grenade-launcher at government-controlled Zolote and Katerynivka (both Luhansk region), as well as machine gun fire near its observation post. They took cover behind the wall and inside the observation post structure, and then left the spot.The OSCE SMM said that patrol members were wearing clearly marked OSCE clothing (helmets and jackets with OSCE logos) and were accompanied by two Ukrainian Armed Forces officers at the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC), who also took cover.The SMM could not determine the direction of fire.