(VOVworld) – Clashes between the Ukrainian army and separatists in eastern Ukraine occurred despite a truce signed on February 12, according to a report released Monday by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

The OSCE failed to push for the ceasefire (Photo:voicesevas.ru)

OSCE inspectors reported that the Ukrainian Volunteer Defense Forces carried out attacks across the demarcation line in Donetsk’s outlying Jabunki district and both sides used heavy weapons. Ertugrul Apakan, head of the OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine, urged all parties to show restraint and abide by the Minsk agreement.