OSCE observers may install more video cameras to monitor Donbas situation
Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine Alexander Hug has not ruled out the possibility of new video cameras being installed in order to record ceasefire violations in Donbas.
The OSCE SMM is not ruling out the possibility of installing more video cameras, but the cameras are only helping patrols, and the number of violations declines in places where video cameras are present, or a 'hot spot' moves to the side, Hug told reporters on Wednesday.
It was reported that along the contact like, the OSCE SMM has video cameras that have a vision angle of 360 degrees and offer the possibility of 24/7 monitoring. In particular, such video cameras are located in Avdiyivka, not far from the Oktiabrska mine (near the destroyed Donetsk airport), as well as near Shyrokyne, located east of the city of Mariupol.
The OSCE SMM complained at the beginning of September that observation cameras near the Oktiabrska mine in the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic had been stolen and/or destroyed.
The mission said in October 2016 that it was conducting round-the-clock monitoring and observation all over Donbas using different technical equipment, including stationary video cameras, drones and other aerial monitoring devices.
