Observers of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) have continued to monitor armed people and weaponry coming to Donetsk region from Russia.

Using drones, the OSCE SMM observed gatherings of weaponry in territory controlled by the so-called Donetsk People's Republic in Komsomolsk and in the south of Donetsk region along the demarcation line, deputy head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission Alexander Hug said.

He also said that a Strela surface-to-air missile system, and minibuses carrying armed people from Russia via the uncontrolled part of the border had been observed.