Section: OSCE (EU)
Spot report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), 31 January 2015: Shelling incident in Donetsk City
On 30 January at 12:23hrs, the “emergency services department” of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) informed the SMM that two shelling incidents had just taken place in Donetsk city at “DPR”-controlled Kuibyshevskyi district. At around 12:30hrs, the SMM arrived at Panfilova Avenue 86, Kuibyshevskyi district, located two kilometres...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 30 January 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). Two shelling incidents occurred in Donetsk city resulting in at least five civilian fatalities and eight civilians injured....
Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev and High Commissioner on National Minorities meet in The Hague
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Report by the High Commissioner on National Minorities, Ms. Astrid Thors …read more Source:...
situation in Donbas deteriorates rapidly
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic, called on the parties to an armed conflict in the east of Ukraine for an immediate cessation of violence and the steady performance of the Minsk agreements, the OSCE official website has reported. “My deepest condolences and sympathy go to the families who...
Statement by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
KYIV, 31 January, 2015 – The Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, today condemned the shelling of densely populated civilian areas in eastern Ukraine. Initial reports indicate more civilians were killed and injured yesterday by shells landing deep in Donetsk City. “Yet again, innocent...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić regrets loss of lives, calls for immediate and urgent ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
BELGRADE, 31 January 2015 – In the course of the past 24 hours the situation has rapidly deteriorated in eastern Ukraine impacting innocent civilians. Lives have been lost and many have been injured. The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dačić, reiterated his profound regret for the loss of lives and called...
Statament by the OSCE Chairperson and the Special Representative to the Trilateral Contact Group
MINSK, 30 January 2015 – The Special Representative of the CiO to the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, wishes to emphasize that her representatives have been waiting in Minsk since yesterday morning in order to prepare for a meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group with representatives from certain areas of Donetsk and...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 29 January 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). The SMM observed military equipment and vehicles in Donetsk region. In “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”)-controlled...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office appeals for renewed Minsk peace dialogue
BELGRADE, 29 January 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, this evening held a telephone conversation with his Special Representative to the Trilateral Contact Group, Ambassador Heidi Tagliavini, who briefed him on the latest developments in the implementation of the peace plan in eastern...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 28 January 2015
This report is for media and the general public. The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). In areas under control of the “Donetsk People’s Republic” (“DPR”) the SMM observed movement of unmarked military...
