OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine reported tank shelling of Shyrokyne (near Mariupol) from the north-east direction on March 12.
“The SMM heard 15 tank shells fired from a north-easterly direction towards the south-east, the direction of Shyrokyne. The outgoing and incoming fire continued until 13:00,” reads the OSCE SMM report based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time) on March 12, 2015 and published on March 13.
The SMM observed two tanks (T-64), located approximately 600 meters north-east of its position and saw these tanks firing more than 20 rounds into the direction of Shyrokyne.
At 07:15, the SMM heard in Berdianske (18 km east of Mariupol) an exchange of small arms fire, originating mostly from easterly and westerly directions, at the south of SMM’s position.
