Ukraine sees Russia’s actions as a policy of reviewing the OSCE from the occupied territories – news on UNN
KYIV. October 18. UNN. The Ukrainian delegation to the TCG extends to the actions of the Russian Federation to block the special monitoring mission, as a sequence and a conscious policy aimed at reviewing the OSCE from the occupied territories. About it to the correspondent UNN use of the spokesman of the Ukrainian delegation in the Tripartite Contact Group Oleksiy Arestovych.
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“The OSCE SMM has identified a threat to its patrols. Two received their base in Donetsk and Horlivka was blocked. Yesterday they tried to leave, but were not allowed. The Ukrainian delegation views these actions as a systematic undermining of the Mission’s support. “Together with the non-extension of the mandate of the OSCE mission at the Russian border crossings Donetsk and Gukovo, we view Russia’s actions as we investigate and in all policies, prevent the OSCE from exploiting the occupied territory, which is a crude subordinate security system in Europe.”
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According to him, the Ukrainian delegation to the TCG is in constant contact with the OSCE Permanent Mission to Vienna and the OSCE SMM.
Interlocutor UNN He stressed that the Ukrainian delegation viewed the OSCE SMM’s activities as based on unforeseen monitoring in the areas of armed conflict in eastern Ukraine and saw the relevant missions “as forces that promote dialogue between its parties, Ukraine and Russia”.
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The day before, the media reported that the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission was suspending operations in Donbas due to protests in occupied Donetsk.
Later the official position posted by visitors. In addition, it is reported that the owner is in the places where the mission is, involved in cooperation, who do not want to leave the premises, broke the orders from the “measure of Horlivka”.