The self-proclaimed 'Donetsk People's Republic' has notified the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe that it would hold military exercises with live artillery fire, the SMM said on Friday.
“The ‘DPR’ informed the SMM that from 25 March to 4 April the ‘DPR’ would conduct exercises with live artillery fire. The location was not specified. According to the ‘DPR’, weapons which were withdrawn beyond the [line of contact] will be used for the exercise, and they will be returned to their holding areas upon the completion of the exercise,” the SMM said in a regular report.
