OSCE Concerned about Donbass Water Supply Before Onset of Heating Season

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Today, Olga Skripovskaya, head of the Donetsk office of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission, told journalists:

We’re extremely concerned that central heating utilities won’t function due to war damage in the coming winter (without specifying any localities). Shelling degraded the water supply system; it’s in need of repair. Damage to electrical subsystems Decreased functionality of water pumps. The OSCE considers a speedy withdrawal of heavy weapons from the Contact Line a necessity; the sides should refrain from placing military equipment near civilian infrastructure.

According to local authorities, most localities in the DNR, including those near the Contact Line, are now 90 percent ready for the start of the heating season.

18 September 2015

DAN Donetsk News Agency

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