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LUHANSK - The Ukrainian forces near the town of Schastia (Luhansk Oblast) have shelled a delegation of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), led by the Trilateral Contact Group's humanitarian subgroup coordinator Tony Frisch, Luhansk Information Center reported, citing a source familiar with the situation.

“An OSCE delegation led by Tony Frisch, a coordinator at the humanitarian subgroup of the Contact Group on Donbas, today came under a mortar fire attack launched by the Ukrainian forces near the town of Schastia, while trying to return to Ukraine,” the report reads.

“After the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire ceased, Frisch decided to go back to Luhansk,” it said. There are no reports about casualties.

Frisch arrived to the Luhansk People’s Republic on July 25 on a two-day visit to assess the humanitarian situation.