The Ukrainian troops are keeping an eye on the OSCE patrols

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«The Ukrainian troops deployed additional checkpoints in the area of ​​the so-called ‘Operation of the Combined Forces’ in order to keep an eye on the patrols of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission» — Yakov Osadchy, the official representative of the LPR People’s Militia, reported. “The common cases of detection of the Ukrainian military equipment by the staff of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission, usually located in violation of the rules of the withdrawal, as well as in the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the territory, controlled by Kiev, forced the command of the Ukrainian operational-tactical group ‘North’ to come up with new methods for early detection of the mission patrols, in order to swiftly relocate the prohibited weapons» — Yakov Osadchy explained.

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The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin congratulated the residents of the Republic, and the Russians, with the ‘Day of Russia’ holiday. “We paid for our right to affirm our choice. Our freedom was won at the cost of losses and struggles that befell on every resident of Donbass. But, it couldn’t have happened otherwise. We are Russians — in spirit and in blood! We have same language, same culture, same history, and same common values” — said the leader of the DPR. He also expressed his gratitude to the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and all the Russians for their help and support.

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«Kiev took over 2 weeks to agree on a ceasefire, needed to repair the power lines near the city of Donetsk. The specialists from the state-owned company »Regional Energy Supply Company» have restored the powergrid in the village of Trudovskie, west of Donetsk» — the press service of the Ministry of Coal and Energy of the DPR reported. It was noted that the specialists quickly replaced the support beams, damaged by the shelling, and restored the powergrid. They also conducted the necessary field checks. At the moment, the village is reconnected to the powergrid. 160 private houses were cut off the grid. Most of the residents moved to other areas, due to the proximity of the village to the front line. However, people still live in some houses.

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“An LPR resident stepped on an anti-personnel mine near the contact line in Donbass” — Yakov Osadchy, an official representative of the LPR People’s Militia, told to reporters on Monday. According to him, as a result of the incident — a local man received multiple shrapnel wounds. Moderately wounded, he was taken to a hospital in Slavyanoserbsk, where he was given a proper medical care. “The command of the People’s Militia asks all the citizens — beware! If you find any explosive objects — do not come near them, and do not touch them. Stay at a safe distance, and do not allow anyone else to approach the object until the arrival of the specialists» — Yakov Osadchy urged.

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»The employees of the engineering and sapper units of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR have found 440 explosive objects since the beginning of the year» — the press service of the ministry reports. “Since the beginning of 2020, the engineering units of the Ministry of Emergencies of the LPR received 100 calls for a search of the territories. 440 explosive objects were found» — the report concluded. The Ministry of Emergency noted that the sappers will continue to carry out the mine-cleaning tasks in the territory of the Republic.

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“Ukraine is manipulating their obligations in the matter of opening of the new checkpoints in the area of ​​the villages of Zolotoe and Shastie” — said Olga Kobtseva, the head of the LPR humanitarian group in the contact group, and the head of the LPR working group on the exchange of PoWs. She added that during the recent video conference, Ukraine provided a road map that allows to simultaneously open the checkpoints at the villages of Shastie and Zolotoe. “Our side made plans and deadlines for this roadmap. However, in order to fulfill all these obligations — a security regime is needed. Unfortunately, the Ukrainian side hasn’t ensured a security regime up until this day” — Olga Kobtseva explained. Constantine Reztsov, specially for ANNA NEWS.