Ukraine's foreign Ministry has denied message to the Ukrainian media about the fact that the OSCE mission vast majority are citizens of the Russian Federation.

The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine emphasizes that Special monitoring mission is the only independent source of information about events in the Donbass.

first Ukrainian media referring to the messenger of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine said that the Special monitoring mission of the OSCE, which works in the area of Mariupol, Donetsk region, is 80% of the Residents of the Russian Federation.

" The information that was distributed to the media that this mission is almost half filled with representatives of the Russian Federation, does not correspond to reality. Special monitoring mission of the OSCE today includes 268 observers, representing 39 States parties, of which only 18 people are residents of the Russian Federation ", - said at a press conference on Tuesday, the Director of the division informality the foreign Ministry of Ukraine Yevhen perebyinis.

He said that the OSCE individual participating country can send a monitoring mission of not more than 10% of the total number. According to the Perebiynis from Ukraine, Mariupol currently has 25 members of the OSCE mission, of which residents of the Russian Federation are only 3 people, the other members represent the 16 member countries of the OSCE.

" The OSCE today is the only independent source of information about what is happening at present in the East, and we highly appreciate the cooperation with the OSCE, for this reason, we have no reason not to trust the members of this mission, " He added.

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