The number of observers of the OSCE mission in Ukraine has increased to 14 people
The number of OSCE observers in Ukraine increased by 14 people, the total number of observers reached 469, said on the last working day of the week Deputy head of the Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE Alexander Hg.

The number of OSCE observers in Ukraine increased by 14 people, the total number of observers reached 469, said on the last working day of the week Deputy head of the Special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE Alexander Hg.
In its decision of 12 March, the OSCE Permanent Council has increased the ceiling of the number of SMM to 1000 civilian observers. Authorized EU stated that the organization difficult to recruit people to increase the staff of the mission in Ukraine because of security issues in the region.
"this week, the mission conducted training for 14 additional observers. The number of observers in the current decade in General has reached 469. Two thirds of them are in the East of Ukraine ", - said Hg at a press conference on the last working day of the week.
according to him, now in Ukraine there are 750 members of the mission, together with national and international staff.
The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat of residents of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict began more than 6, 2 thousand people.
dialogues " channel four ", held on 12 February came amid a sharp escalation of the situation in the Donbass, provoked by the Ukrainian security forces, which increased the forces began to storm the position of the militia. Following the meeting, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany adopted a set of measures involving, for example, the ceasefire in the Donbas with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of the security zone.
One of the most important points signed in February of the Minsk agreements was the constitutional reform, and the enactment of a permanent law on the special status of separate districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The agreement notes that decentralization should take place in coordination specifically, the commissioners of these districts, however, the Kiev Authorities are ignoring this provision, arguing about the fact that you are unwilling to have a dialogue with the authorized rebellious territories. Read
the results of the last meeting of the contact group 6 may present turned out to form four working sub-groups on specific aspects of de-escalation of the conflict.