FM: OSCE ignores information about the concentration of Ukrainian troops in Donbass
The monitoring mission of the OSCE ignores information about military preparations and concentrations of strike groups of the Ukrainian troops along the line of contact in the Donbass, according to the report of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
" Concern has emerged over the past period of time approaches in the work of the Special monitoring Mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine. It seems that her efforts are focused on assistance and support only one side of the conflict - the official authorities in Kiev. In its report on a systematic basis provides detailed data on the movements of the military departments DND and LNR, but ignored the information about the military preparations and the concentration of the attacking forces, the Ukrainian troops along the line of contact, " said the document.
in addition, emphasized in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, in the Mission's reports are not mentioned Mass violations of Ukrainian military not only in Minsk arrangements of the Contact group, but also the norms of international humanitarian law, rampant neo-fascists and nationalists controlled Kyiv regions.
" About the cases of pressure on the OSCE observers from law enforcement bodies of Ukraine. This policy manual Mission undermines the credibility of its work ", - said the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. They were the response of local residents to violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting Russian the status of regional language.