Contents tagged with OSCE
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US representative in the OSCE accused Russia of hypocrisy
On Thursday, at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Geneva, the U.S. Representative to the OSCE, Ambassador Daniel Baer, referred to the Russian actions that instigate the continued conflict in eastern Ukraine in recent days as obstructionism, incitement and hypocrisy, Ukrinform reports.
"Over the past week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have suffered the heaviest losses since the signing of the ceasefire agreement in September 2015," the representative of the United States said.
He …
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OSCE concerned by presence of Ukrainian journalists on Russia's list of terrorists and extremists
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe expressed concerns about the publication of an expanded list of “terrorists and extremists” in Russia which includes journalists. As stated by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, the publication of the list by the Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service may seriously jeopardize journalists and their security.
The Russian Government is responsible for the security of journalists and must not jeopardize …
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Ukrainian Foreign Ministry: Russia is the only country blocking the expansion of OSCE's mandate in eastern Ukraine
The spokesperson for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mariana Betsa, stated during a briefing that the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the Russian opposition to the proposal to extend the OSCE's Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo & Donetsk in eastern Ukraine is another example of Russia’s failure to implement the Minsk Agreements.
“Another example of Russia’s failure to implement the Minsk Agreements is their blocking of the OSCE proposal to extend the …
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OSCE: Russia should end its occupation of Georgian territories
On Tuesday July 5th, the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE in Tbilisi adopted a resolution entitled "Conflict in Georgia," which was provided by Georgia. The document consists of 17 paragraphs. It states, in particular, that Russia should "reverse their decision on the recognition of Georgian territories and end the occupation of Georgian territories."
According to the resolution, Russia, in defiance of international requests, continues to violate international law, "and ignores the ceasefire …
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Hug: Minsk agreements are violated 8000 times each week
The situation in eastern Ukraine has escalated since the beginning of the year with the Minsk Agreements being violated nearly 8,000 times in recent weeks.
Inosmi.ru reported that this was stated by the Deputy Head of the Special OSCE monitoring mission in Donbas, Alexander Hug, during an interview with the Bild newspaper.
“We started this year with a small number of violations of the ceasefire agreement. However, we have seen a steady increase in that number since that time. The largest …
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Ukrainian Foreign Ministry demands that Russia cease provocations against OSCE SMM
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine demands that the Russian Federation cease provocations against observers of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM). Russia must also guarantee their access to all occupied territory of separate areas of Donetsk and Lugansk.“We demand that Russia implement its obligations within the Minsk Agreements, that they immediately cease provocations against OSCE observers and that they guarantee full, safe and unhindered access to all occupied territory of …
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Ukraine expels JCCC officer for giving intel to separatists
Colonel Vladimir Cheban informed separatists about the routes of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission
The Security Service of Ukraine expelled the head of the Russian office of the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of Cease-fire, Colonel Vladimir Cheban.As was reported on the website of the agency, Russian Colonel supplied the deputy staff commander of the so-called first army corps of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Pepublic called "Yakub" with the monthly schedules and routes …
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OSCE discovers Russian radio interference system in the Donbas
According to the OSCE mission’s Twitter feed, a Zhytel R-330ZH radio jamming station was found near Avdiivka, which is located 14 kilometers from Donetsk.
“The Special Monitoring Mission’s (SMM) UAVs continue to record high-tech electronic warfare stations. Obstacles in our work should be removed,” a statement said.
The Zhytel automated jamming station provides automated detection, direction finding and signal analysis of radio sources. It then creates interference of the user terminals for …
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Ukrainian representative in Minsk: Russia is not willing to give OSCE control over Ukrainian border
Ukraine insists that the OSCE is given control over the contact line in eastern Ukraine as well as the sites of the withdrawal of weaponry and the stretch of the Ukrainian border which is currently not under Kiev's control.
However, the Russian side agrees to allow the armed OSCE observers only on the contact line in eastern Ukraine, stated the Ukrainian representative in the political subgroup in Minsk, Evgeny Marchuk, in his interview with the Ukrainian Hromadske.TV.
According to Marchuk …
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US: Separatists are trying to 'blind' OSCE observers in the Donbas
The U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Daniel Baer, stated during an OSCE Permanent Council meeting that the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine has been subjected to a deliberate attempt to ‘blind’ it by blocking or destroying the Mission’s means of surveillance in the Donbas.
“Within one week, militia forces shot down two of the SMM’s long endurance UAVs near Horlivka and threatened to shoot down the other UAVs which were looking for the …