The SMM continued to assist staff who remained in Ukraine in their efforts to move to safer regions.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is trying to achieve dismissal of a number of Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) personnel detained in eastern Ukraine. This was stated in the press service of the organization in response to a request from Reuters.
Deputy Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the OSCE Deirdre Brown on Friday criticized Russia for refusing to continue the SMM mission in Ukraine.
“Not content with the spread of misinformation, the Russian government has also tried to interfere in the efforts of those who tell the truth, including their refusal to extend the mandate of the Special Monitoring Mission. And now we have received alarming reports that Russian proxies in Donbass are threatening Mission personnel, (threatening) equipment and facilities, and that Russian forces have captured SMM personnel, ”Brown said in a statement issued by the British government.
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In March, the OSCE said it had evacuated nearly 500 members of the international mission from Ukraine. On April 1, the SMM took on an administrative role to ensure the security of mission members and assets throughout Ukraine, including non-government areas, the OSCE Press Office reported on Saturday.
The SMM continued to assist national staff Ukraine, in an attempt to move to safer areas.
“Contacts with members of the national mission continue on a daily basis, including to find out their whereabouts and help them as much as possible if they decide to relocate.”
Former US Permanent Representative to the OSCE Michael Carpenter During a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, he said that Ukraine urgently needed modern weapons and ammunition in order to be able to successfully resist Russian aggression and protect its citizens from atrocities similar to those in Bucha, Gostomel. and Beards.
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