OSCE spots amassing of heavy weapons near Luhansk

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OSCE SMM spotted howitzers and anti-tank guns in the occupied part of the Luhansk oblast, Espresso reports.

The SMM unmanned aerial vehicle found weapons deployed violating agreement on lead lines. In particular, 14 towed howitzers (D-30 "Frog", 122-mm), 13 self-propelled howitzers (2S1 "Gvozdika", 122-mm) and 6 anti-tank guns (MT-12 "Rapier", 100-mm) were discovered near the village of Bugaivka (37 km south-west of Luhansk).
In addition, observers have identified weapons located along the lead lines, but outside the designated weapons storage sites.

“In the areas not controlled by the Ukrainian government on January 26, a short-range SMM drone found 19 tanks (eighteen T-64 and one T-72), 11 towed mortars (120-mm) and 4 anti-aircraft missile systems (9K35 Strela-10) at the test site near the Bugayivka," said in a statement.

Also during the monitoring, the OSCE SMM identified 11 tanks (ten T-64 and one T-72 with a dismantled gun) at the firing range at the village of Shymshynivka (27 km south-west of Luhansk).

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