Didier Burkhalter: OSCE began monitoring in Ukraine

Organization for security and cooperation in the European Union (OSCE) had switched in the last 2 days on Ukraine 59 of experts with experience in monitoring the ceasefire and employs currently new observers said on Sunday around midnight, the acting head of the OSCE, foreign Minister and head of Switzerland Didier Burkhalter.

in his statement reported that the results of the signing of the Minsk Tripartite Protocol contact group Russia-Ukraine-OSCE and authorized militia was created the initial Mechanism of action in cases of violations of the cease-fire and other incidents.

" The mechanism will be clarified in cooperation with the parties over the next hours and days, according to the statement of Burkhalter. Also discusses the inclusion of unmanned aerial vehicles in the form of contributions to the OSCE participating in the activities of the Special observation mission in Ukraine.

Burkhalter tried to convince all parties to provide the implementation of the Protocol and to engage constructively in future dialogue on the issue, reportedly in circulation.

Burkhalter tried to convince the participating States of the OSCE quickly make wider mission by offering their candidates with the appropriate skills and knowledge in observers and provide payment for the mission.

on the last working day of the week in Minsk signed a Protocol involving monitoring by the OSCE as a cease-fire between the forces of the Kiev militia, and monitoring security zones along the Russian-Ukrainian border.


Kyiv authorities since April of conduct in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of residents of Donbas. According to the latest information from the UN, from mid April to Ukraine forcibly deprived of life, more than 2 and a half thousand civilians, about six thousand wounded. About the development of the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine read


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