The OSCE SMM has recorded more 100 units of heavy armament and almost 40 units of artillery and mortar weapons in the occupied areas of Luhansk region.

This is stated in the OSCE SMM daily report issued on October 24, 2019. According to the report, “in a training area near Buhaivka (37km south-west of Luhansk), on October 19, 23 tanks (Т-64 – 13 units, Т-72 – 1- units) and 80 armored combat vehicles were recorded”. Also, observers spotted 4 towed mortars (type undetermined, 120mm), 4 surface-to-air missile systems (9K35 Strela-10), 16 self-propelled howitzers (2S1 Gvozdika, 122mm), 12 towed howitzers (D-30 Lyagushka, 122mm), and 6 anti-tank gun (MT-12 Rapira, 100mm). iy