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A military parade including the presence of military hardware in Donetsk on May 9 constituted a violation of the Minsk agreements, says Alexander Hug, deputy chief monitor of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (OSCE SMM).

As is seen from OSCE SMM reports, the transfer of heavy weapons is banned by the Minsk agreements, and therefore this constitutes their violation, Hug said at a press conference in reply to a question from Interfax.