KYIV, 16 January 2016 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) today opened a new Forward Patrol Base in the Luhansk region, becoming the Mission’s eighth such Base in the Donbas.
The new Base in Stanytsia Luhanska will extend the monitors’ presence in the areas where most incidents take place, thereby enabling the Mission to follow up on the incidents faster and more efficiently.
“As with the other Forward Patrol Bases established by the SMM earlier, this Base in Stanytsia Luhanska will help us enhance our monitoring and reporting, and contribute to easing tensions in the east,” said Principal Deputy …read more
Source: OSCE