OSCE SMM observes heavy vehicles on DPR side of weaponry removal line

"The SMM unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) continued to spot concentrations of military equipment in violation of the respective withdrawal lines. In "DPR"-controlled locations the UAVs observed the following hardware: two main battle tanks (MBT) in the area of Bezimenne (29km east of Mariupol), 26 MBTs and one mobile air defence missile system (9K35 Strela-10M, 120mm) in the area of Sontseve (57km south-east of Donetsk), three MBTs in the area of Michurine (55km north-east of Mariupol), two self-propelled howitzers (2S1Gvozdika, 122mm) in the area of Petrivske (42km south-east of Donetsk), and two self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm) in the area of Oktiabrske," the SMM said in a report for October 18, 2015 released on Monday. The SMM UAVs also spotted beyond the respective withdrawal lines six main battle tanks in the area of DPR-controlled Komsomolske (43km south-east of Donetsk), it reads. The SMM also observed a convoy of 21 military-type trucks heading in the direction of Luhansk in the area of LPR-controlled Novosvitlivka (16km south-east of Luhansk), the SMM said. The mission's observers also spotted nine general purpose Kamaz trucks moving towards LPR-controlled Myrne (28km south-west of Luhansk), and another 22 military-type trucks in the area of LPR-controlled Lutuhyne (21km south-west of Luhansk), the report reads. The mission also reported that LPR representatives did not again allow observers to border checkpoints at the border with Russia, it reads. The SMM also inspected one Ukrainian Armed Forces and one LPR permanent weapons storage site, it reads. "It confirmed the presence of the declared weapons at these sites, as stipulated in the Addendum to the Package of Measures," the SMM OSCE said.