OSCE SMM reports decrease in violence in Donbas

Deputy Chief Monitor of the mission Alexander Hug said that this moment should be seized for adhering to commitments to withdraw the heavy weapons from the 30-kilometer security zone, to demine the territory and restore infrastructure. Hug also said that the free movement of monitors was obstructed by armed formations of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk people's republic. "In areas not under government control, this has been particularly problematic," the deputy chief monitor said.