Positions and hardware are being placed in and around populated areas.

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) says Russian-backed militants continue to place heavy weapons near civilian housing in Donbas, having posted a footage that shows reality of conflict in Chyhari and Pikuzy in Donetsk region.

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"Military positions and heavy weapons continue to be placed close to civilian housing. Footage from OSCE SMM unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) reveals the consequences," the OSCE SMM wrote on Twitter on June 1.

As UNIAN reported earlier, Russian proxy forces 10 times attacked Ukrainian positions, including five times using 122mm artillery systems and 82mm mortars proscribed by the Minsk Agreements on May 31.

The enemy also used grenade launchers of various types, anti-tank rifles, heavy machine guns, and small arms.