At a hospital in Donetsk city, the SMM saw a woman (53 years old) with her abdominal area bandaged. She told the SMM that while in Oleksandrivka (non-government-controlled, 20km south-west of Donetsk) on 13 April, she had heard shelling at about 05:00 and had sought shelter in a neighbour’s basement. As she was walking back to her house at about 07:00, she said she had heard whistling and other noise, and then had collapsed after feeling a sharp pain in her stomach. The woman said that she had then crawled back to her house and had been transported towards the hospital in a military-type truck, adding that an ambulance could not visit due to sniper fire concerns. Medical staff at the hospital told the SMM that the woman had been admitted on 13 April with shrapnel wounds to her stomach and left side of her body caused by shelling. At a school in Oleksandrivka, the woman’s neighbour (60-70 years old) told the SMM that she had met the woman on the street just moments before the incident.

The SMM still recorded more ceasefire violations both in Luhansk and Donetsk region.

Source: SMM OSCE