Section: OSCE (EU)
Spot Report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM): Shelling in Olenivka
This report is for media and the general public. Summary Four civilians were killed close to a “DPR” checkpoint near Olenivka when shelling occurred in the early hours of 27 April. Detail At 10:01 on 27 April, the SMM arrived on Lenina Street on the southern edge on “DPR”-controlled Olenivka (23km south-west of Donetsk), 650m north of a “DPR”...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 26 April 2016
This report is for media and the general public. SUMMARY Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall cross-border traffic increased at both BCPs. OPERATIONAL REMARKS The OM is currently operating with 21 permanent international staff members...
Statement by spokesperson of Germany’s Federal Foreign Office on alleged plans for armed OSCE mission to eastern Ukraine
BERLIN, 27 April 2016 – A spokesperson of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, holder of the 2016 OSCE Chairmanship, issued the following statement in Berlin today in response to reports on alleged plans for an armed OSCE mission to eastern Ukraine: The OSCE monitoring mission currently in place in eastern Ukraine is a civilian, unarmed...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 26 April 2016
This report is for media and the general public. In Donetsk region, the SMM observed a high level of violence, with more than 600 explosions recorded. In particular, the SMM noted a considerable increase of violence in the Yasynuvata area, with some 450 explosions recorded. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded ceasefire violations in the area of...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly human rights chair calls for reversal of court decision banning the Tatar Mejlis in Crimea
WARSAW, 27 April 2016 – A decision Tuesday by the top court in Russian-occupied Crimea to ban the Crimean Tatars’ governing body indicates a new level of stigmatization of the Tatar community and should be reversed, said OSCE Parliamentary Assembly human rights chair Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal) today. “Since the annexation of Crimea...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier condemns recent threats against OSCE monitors in Ukraine
BERLIN, 27 April 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier today expressed concern following the recent increase in ceasefire violations in Eastern Ukraine and the growing number of incidents involving OSCE monitors. Referring to recent threats against the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine,...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 25 April 2016
This report is for media and the general public. In Donetsk region, the SMM continued to observe a high level of violence. Luhansk region remained relatively calm, with the exception of Stanytsia Luhanska. The SMM conducted crater analysis. SMM-facilitated and -monitored repair work was suspended in Marinka due to nearby violence. Large numbers...
Further international cooperation needed to alleviate consequences of Chernobyl disaster, says OSCE Chairperson Steinmeier
BERLIN, 26 April 2016 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster today, stressed the need for further international cooperation to alleviate the consequences of the Chernobyl accident and to prevent the occurrence of such catastrophe in the...
Obstruction of journalists’ work in Ukraine worrying, OSCE representative says
VIENNA, 26 April 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the obstruction of the work of Savik Shuster, journalist, producer and host of the “Shuster Live” television show in Ukraine. According to reports, the Kyiv City Employment Centre yesterday annulled Shuster’s work permit. The...
OSCE/ODIHR hosts confidence and capacity-building event in Kyiv to pave the way forward in addressing hate crime in Ukraine
236241 Practices of monitoring, reporting and investigating hate crimes in Ukraine were the focus of the Second National Confidence and Capacity Building event, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Kyiv on 26 April 2016. Participants from government and civil society discussed the root causes of...
