The head of the parliamentary Assembly (PA) of the OSCE Ilkka Kanerva tried to convince the increase of the OSCE mission in the East of Ukraine and noted that the Russian Federation does not accept this idea, reports Bloomberg.


The rejection of Russia's ideas about increasing the presence of observers, in the opinion of Kanerva, raises the question about what the current mission is used as a cover, while the separatists get the necessary material support ", according to the Agency.

in addition, the Head of the OSCE PA tried to convince the Russian Federation more to promote the observance of the truce in the East of Ukraine and said that it was concerned with infractions of the cease-fire from the militia.

The Ukrainian authorities began in April last year in the Donbass military operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict began almost 5, 7 thousands of civilians. The next meeting of the contact group on 12 February ended with the adoption of a package of measures on execution of the Minsk agreements, involving, for example, a cease-fire in the Donbass with fifteen February, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the development of a security zone.

However, shortly after informing truce in the Donbass resumed shooting, parties blame each other in violation of the "silence mode" and reported that they only return fire. Kiev is considering an appeal to the UN and the EU on the introduction of Donbass peacekeepers.

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