Spokesman of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) Michael Bociurkiw has said the observers didn't have any information on who was behind the shelling of the mission's convoy in Donetsk region on Wednesday, Nov. 19.
“We don’t know who’s to blame. It was the first time something like that happened,” he said on the air of 112.Ukraine TV Channel when commenting on the incident.
As previously reported, military personnel shot in the direction of an OSCE convoy in eastern Ukraine, the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (OSCE SMM) said in a report on Thursday.
It said the incident occurred near the populated locality of Maryinka, west of Donetsk, on Wednesday, Nov. 19.
“Near the area of Maryinka, about 80m ahead of the convoy, there was a flat-bed cargo truck carrying a large green wooden box, with two uniformed personnel on board wearing helmets. The SMM observed tactical marks of two white vertical lines on the tail-gate of the vehicle and on the passenger door,” the report said.
“One of the soldiers stood up and fired two shots in the direction of the OSCE convoy. The bullets struck about 2m from the second OSCE vehicle. The SMM staff traveling in this vehicle heard sharp sounds originating from road or bullet fragments impacting on their car,” it said.
Due to security concerns, the SMM left the area immediately.
