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The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has spotted 20 Grad multiple rocket launchers from May 3 to May 5, which are located in Russia-occupied areas in Ukraine’s Luhansk region, the OSCE said in a report.

“An SMM mini-UAV spotted: seven multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) (BM-21 Grad, 122mm) in a training area near Miusynsk (62km south-west of Luhansk) and eight MLRS (BM-21) near Sadovyi (57km south-west of Luhansk),” the report said.

The equipment was stored in violation of withdrawal lines.

The SMM saw five tanks (T-72), five self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm), ten towed howitzers (five D-30 and five 2A65 Msta-B, 152mm), five MLRS (BM-21), five surface-to-air missile systems (9K35 Strela-10) and two anti-tank missiles (9K111 Fagot, 122mm) in the centre of the Russia-occupied city of Luhansk.