monitoring the two ceasefires which are observed in eastern ukraine emphasis the importance of the oece's work. what we have had on saturday, for example, is from the government side, reports of three separate attacks on government troops resulting, according to the government, in four deaths and 14 wound the. we spoke to separatists, denying that any incident is taking place. that is as to the real status of the ceasefires, it makes it difficult to decide who is to blame, whether any violations have taken place, and how to maintain a peace process much pt o.s.c.e.'s work is important and they want to continue. in order to monitor the ceasefire, the border areas and the humanitarian core tors that have been proposed, it needs a degree of security. hopefully the release of the eight monitors in total means that the attention can turn to the o.s.c.e.'s future work, without the encumbrance of the hostage negotiations. it is important, and it is crucial to the future of this region. >> still to come on al jazeera - the gunshots that were heard around the world, marking a century since the hei