The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine reports ongoing cases when Russian troops and weapons arrive in occupied Donbas from Russia, despite the fact that combined Russian-separatist forces continue to deny access to OSCE monitors.

“Despite combined-separatist forces’ restrictions, the SMM continues to document evidence that Russia is sending troops and equipment into Ukraine,” U.S. Ambassador Daniel Baer to the OSCE Permanent Council said in a statement.