Section: OSCE (EU)
United Kingdom to donate armoured vehicles to OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine
KYIV, 12 January 2015 –The handover ceremony of ten armoured vehicles donated by the United Kingdom to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine will take place tomorrow, on 13 January 2015, in Kyiv. Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the SMM to Ukraine, and Simon Smith, the UK Ambassador to Ukraine, will participate in the...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug to visit team in Donetsk
KYIV, 11 January 2015 – On 13-14 January the Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, Alexander Hug, will visit eastern Ukraine. He will meet the SMM team working in Donetsk, conduct meetings with interlocutors and assess the security situation. Alexander Hug will be able to answer media questions on...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić pays respects to victims of terrorist attacks during Paris rally
PARIS, 11 January 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić today paid his respects to the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris, at a unity rally in Paris upon the invitation of French President Francois Hollande. Together with other world leaders, Dačić reiterated his condemnation of the shootings, and his...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 9 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 JCCC reported an increased number of ceasefire violations, the majority occurring in and around the Donetsk airport. The...
Spot Report by the Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints of Gukovo and Donetsk: Russian convoy of 62 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned back through the Donetsk Border Crossing Point
SUMMARY On 08 January 2015 at 08:30 (Moscow time), a Russian convoy consisting of 62 vehicles arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). Cargo trucks were inspected by the Russian border guard and customs services. All the vehicles crossed back into the Russian Federation (RF) at 03:28 on January 09. This was the twelfth Russian convoy...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 8 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). There was an increased number of ceasefire violations recorded by the JCCC, mostly in and around Donetsk airport. The head of...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 7 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).Continued ceasefire violations were recorded by the JCCC in Donetsk, many in the area of the airport. The Ukrainian Major...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 6 January 2015
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). An SMM Unarmed/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was shot at in the Donetsk region. The SMM visited a number of border crossing-points (BCPs) across the country. At the JCCC...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and OSCE Secretary General condemn terrorist attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo, offer condolences
BELGRADE / VIENNA, 7 January 2015 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier expressed their outrage today at the terrorist attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, condemning the massacre as an attack on the freedom of expression. “I am deeply...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 5 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 JCCC noted that the situation in “Donetsk People’s Republic”-controlled areas had deteriorated considerably in the...
