Spot report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), 7 September 2014: The Situation in Mariupol

On 6 September at 22:45hrs the SMM heard artillery shelling to the east of Mariupol. The SMM could not ascertain from which direction the shelling was being fired. It lasted until 23:51hrs. During this period the SMM heard a total of 30 rounds. At 23:45hrs small arms shooting was also heard by the SMM in the eastern part of Mariupol city. At 23:47hrs the SMM received a call from a local inhabitant from the village of Vostochny (three kilometres to the east of Mariupol city centre) informing that the Vostochny checkpoint, located at the entrance to the city of Mariupol along the main road from Novoazovsk, is on fire. A nearby gas station is also burning. The SMM will continue monitoring the situation in the area.