Foreign monitors come under ’targeted’ fire in Ukraine - Yahoo News
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The Organization for the Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has been at the heart of global efforts to end a 15-month conflict between Western-backed Kiev and pro-Russian insurgents that has already claimed more than 6,500 lives.
The Cold War-era peace enforcement body reports ceasefire violations and arranges periodic talks aimed at salvaging an often-ignored truce signed in February with the help of the leaders of Germany and France.
But its Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) — comprising almost 500 members who are predominantly based in the separatist east — said the number of incidents in which its teams have come under attack has grown markedly since the weekend.
“In the past days the SMM has faced three separate, targeted security incidents in certain locations in the conflict zone,” deputy mission chief Alexander Hug told reporters in Kiev.
“In response to security incidents over past days SMM is reviewing its monitoring operations in certain locations.”
On rappellera que depuis quelques jours les milices d’extrême droite mènent une offensive médiatique contre l’OSCE.
Par exemple :
OSCE mission takes biased attitude to Ukraine servicemen say
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The OSCE mission task is to monitor and report objectively on the military situation in Donbas. However, Ukrainian servicemen say the mission officers are biased in their reporting.
They explain this by the fact that there are many Russian observers on its staff.
Says speaker of the Pravy Sector Corps Andry Sharashkin, “The OSCE mission in Ukraine has discredited itself as independent observers. There is a lot of evidence that it is staffed by numerous former and present FSB officers who relay information and positions of the Ukrainian army to the rebels.”
“When OSCE observers come to our positions we know for sure there won’t be any shelling. We can walk about without bullet-proof jackets and helmets. As soon as they leave, the shelling comes,” says Mykola Tyhonov, officer of the 93rd Brigade.
