While the sides are holding current military positions and not assigned heavy weapons, the risks remain for the work of the Donetsk filtering station, said the first deputy head of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (OSCE CMM) Alexander Hug. "If we are talking about the situation in the area of ??the Donetsk filtering station, so far the positions will remain in the places where there are now, until all the units of heavy weapons are withdrawn, the risks for the station personnel, for our observers, for the civilian population, for feeding the drinking water, which depends on the functioning of this facility, remain, "- said Hug at a briefing in Kramatorsk. He added that, despite the political position, it is necessary to work on ensuring that there are no casualties among civilians.

"In order to ensure the uninterrupted operation of the station so that there will be no more casualties among the civilian population, it is very important that heavy weapons be diverted and forces and means are diverted," Hug stressed.. Deputy Head of SMM said that the change of the format of ATO to the Operation of the United Forces does not affect the work of the OSCE CMM. "Our mandate remains the same, it has no influence on our mandate, it will also not have obligations under the Minsk agreements," added Hoog.