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A patrol of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine was in violation of the Minsk accords held in Donetsk region’s territory uncontrolled by Kyiv for some 30 minutes, the OSCE SMM said in Twitter.

“OSCE SMM patrol held by so-called ‘DPR’ for 31 min at checkpoint near Verknioshyrokivske; other civilians were allowed to pass. Minsk violation,” the Mission said in a tweet posted on Thursday.