Donbas has seen over 313,000 attacks, mostly by means of heavy weapons remaining on the contact line, since the beginning of this year, Alexander Hug, the Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Donbas, told a press briefing on Skype from the Donetsk region on Oct. 13.
There seem to be two parts of Donbas, Hug said. One of those parts is honoring the truce, the sides have agreed to clear or at least mark mines, observers have access everywhere, and security is ensured, while in the other part of Donbas the observers have seen 313,332 ceasefire breaches since the beginning of this year, including about 200,000 breaches by means of heavy weapons stationed in prohibited areas, Hug said.
