A commander of the anti-terrorist operation and a representative of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic discussed in the presence of the monitors of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission the possibility of local ceasefire to assess the humanitarian situation in the village of Shyrokyne, Donetsk Oblast, the mission said in its report.
“The SMM facilitated an encounter on highway E58 between the Ukrainian Armed Forces commander and the ‘DPR’ ‘commander’ in charge of Shyrokyne area. They had a conversation during which they discussed a possible local ceasefire at battalion level in order to assess the humanitarian situation in the village, including the damaged southern part and the local school,” the OSCE SMM said in a report for March 30 published on the organization’s website on March 31 evening.
At the same time, the results of the talks hadn’t been disclosed.
The SMM also said it registered new damage in Shyrokyne, in particular the wall of the village school had been destroyed by direct fire and shelling, which had caused the roof to collapse.
“The SMM observed a lot of shrapnel on the roads and more unexploded ordnances (UXOs) than during the last visit to the area,” the report reads.
