KIEV, July 9 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) has continued to observe ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport but said that the situation in Luhansk region is quiet.

"Positioned at the 'Donetsk People's Republic' ('DPR')-controlled Donetsk railway station (8km north-west of Donetsk) between 08:40 and 12:30hrs, the SMM heard the sound of 26 mortar rounds – three incoming, four outgoing and 19 undetermined – at a distance of 3-6km to the north, north-north-east, north-east, and south-east. At the same location between 17:12 and 18:30, the SMM heard and in some cases also saw 78 incoming mortar or artillery rounds at distances of between 3-8km to the north, north-north-west, north-west and west; and, 62 outgoing mortar or artillery rounds at distances of between 3-5km to the north-west, west and south-west," reads the latest report dated July 7 at 19:30.