Alexander Shishlo. The decision to increase the EU the number of its observers From the OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine until not accepted, said Joli, Jenni, Director of the European external action service, responsible for the EU policy in the field of security. "Ukraine was a specific request. We consider it, but until now, no position regarding additional civil support, " she said, speaking in Brussels at a meeting of the Subcommittee of the European Parliament for security and defense. The number of special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE in Ukraine has now reached 700 people. Of these, 429 are observers, however, by the second half of may is expected to increase the number to five hundred people.