KYIV, 14 January 2016 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine today opens two new Forward Patrol Bases in the Donetsk region – in Krasnoarmiisk and Svitlodarsk, enabling monitors to be based and accommodated closer to the contact line in these areas.
“The new SMM Forward Patrol Bases will enhance our monitoring by enabling us to follow up on reports about incidents faster,” said the OSCE SMM Principal Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug. “Moreover, this will once again encourage the signatories of the Minsk agreements to adhere to their commitments.”
Forward Patrol Bases differ from SMM offices or hubs as …read more
Source: OSCE
