The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) spotted the increase of the explosions in Donbas since the evening of December 21 and until the evening of December 22 up to 415 as the daily report of the OSCE stated.

The OSCE reported about 370 explosions in the Donetsk region.

“The majority of the ceasefire violations were spotted in the areas to the east from Lomakyne, to the south from Svitlodarsk and south-east from Chernenko”, the message said.

The OSCE also noted 45 explosions in the Luhansk region.

“The majority of the ceasefire violations were spotted not far from Kalynove and south-east from Popasna,” the OSCE noted.

Earlier the OSCE recorded a decrease in the number of explosions in Donbas over the weekend to 190, compared to the previous report.

However, on December 14, the OSCE mission in Ukraine recorded 231 explosions in Donbas, one of them occurred near Stanytsia Luhanska.

On December 18, illegal armed formations of the Russian Federation violated the ceasefire seven times. The combat activity resulted in a casualty among Ukrainian servicemen; one fighter deceased.