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Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission To Ukraine: No Russian Troops Have Been Seen in Donbass

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The OSCE has not received any reports from observers about the presence of Russian troops in Donbass, the chairman of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission, Yaşar Halit Çevik, told the UN Security Council on February 11th. “The second issue was the Russian presence in Donbass. I know what Mr. Ertugrul Apakan (the previous head of the OSCE SMM) has said about this. During my work as the chief monitor, I can also say that there were no reported cases of…

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Ukraine Shelled the LPR & Prevented the OSCE From Inspecting the Damage

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Ukraine, on the day of the sixth anniversary of Odessa massacre, once again intensified the shelling of Donbass. In the LPR, the situation on the boundary line was mostly relatively calm. There were even days without shelling at all. But, as is always the case on the eve of dates significant for negotiations, 2 days before the video conference of the Foreign Ministers of the Normandy Four, Ukrainian militants resumed shelling again. On April 28th the UAF shelled three settlements….

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The US Representative to the OSCE Momentarily Lost His Faculties

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Representatives of the republics of Donbass have long not been surprised by the poor hearing and vision of the OSCE mission in Donbass… The official website of the OSCE published the report of one of the representatives of the United States to the OSCE. Political adviser Gregory Macris made a series of provocative and controversial statements targeting Russia and the Donbass Republics during his report in Vienna on November 12th 2019. The American representative allowed himself in the report to…

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Oleg Tsarev: People From the OSCE Sympathised With Russia and Donbass, but Could Not Express It

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The special representative of the OSCE in the Trilateral Contact Group for the implementation of the peace plan in the East of Ukraine Martin Sajdik, during the discussion at the international forum “Salzburg Europe Summit” reminded attendees that Crimea, in fact, belonged to Russia for many years. The 70-year-old diplomat, who studied international law and international relations at the universities of Vienna, Moscow, and Baltimore, when requested to comment on the 2014 referendum on the reunion of the peninsula with…

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“Crimea and Crimean Tatars” Made a Speech During the OSCE Meeting

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The Chairman of the Federation of Crimean Tatars Cultural Associations (FCTA) and the Chairman of the Crimea Development Foundation Mr. Unver Sel attended to OSCE’s Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in order to explain the current situation of Crimea and Crimean Tatars. The Chairman of the FCTA and the Chairman of the Crimea Development Foundation Mr. Unver Sel Sel made a speech at “Crimean Tatars Yesterday and Today” session on September 24th at 18.15 in Polish local time. Historian and Researcher Sergei Pinchuk, Chairman of the Board of International Association Friends of Crimea Jan Charnogorskiy,…

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Ukraine’s OSCE Delegation Boycotted the Speech of the Editor-In-Chief of a Crimean Newspaper

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The editor-in-chief of the “Krymskoy Gazety” Mariya Volkonskaya said that the Ukrainian delegation didn’t want to hear the “inconvenient truth” about the life of Russian Crimea and left the OSCE meeting during her speech, without having returned. Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian delegation twice unsuccessfully tried to prevent Volkonskaya from speaking at the OSCE platform in Warsaw. She was prevented for the first time on Monday, when the Ukrainian delegation urged the OSCE not to give the floor…

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A Miracle: The OSCE in Donbass Suddenly Regained Its Vision

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Over the past week the UAF “forgot” 56 times that now a “comprehensive and termless” truce should be observed – that’s how often they opened fire at the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic. As a result of such “forgetfulness” 11 houses and infrastructure facilities in the settlements of Zaitsevo, Golmovsky, and Kominternovo were damaged. And if some housing can be repaired by the winter, then at least 3 houses completely burned to the ground. But against the background of…

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Only Facts: The OSCE Refuted Ukraine’s Statements About Russian Troops in Donbass

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 14:26:0313/02/2019 ukraina.ru This was stated during the meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) by the head of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ertuğrul Apakan, reported Rossiyskaya Gazeta on February 13th. During the UNSC meeting the representative of Ukraine to the organisation Vladimir Elchenko declared the unwillingness of the Russian Federation to stop the conflict in Donbass, as is evidenced by the alleged…

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The DPR Asked the OSCE to Publish the Video of Ukraine’s Attack on a Utility Services Vehicle

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 20:11:0412/01/2019 ukraina.ru The representation of the Donetsk People’s Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire regime (JCCC) appealed to the special monitoring mission (SMM) of the OSCE with a request to publish the video of the attack on an official vehicle of the “Water of Donbass” company. The representation of the DPR in the JCCC explained that after the incident the Ukrainian TV channel “1+1” published a video…

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The Ukrainian Armed Forces Opened Fire at an OSCE Patrol in the LPR

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 16:53:0908/01/2019 donbasstoday.ru Whilst cleaning snow drifts on the highway near Pervomaisk, which was carried out under the supervision of a patrol of the OSCE SMM, the area was shelled by the UAF, who opened fire from the UAF-controlled settlement of Novoaleksandrovka, reports the correspondent of “Donbass Today” with reference to the Representation of the LPR in the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC). “It should be noted that, despite receiving work security…

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DPR Representative Nikonorova Criticised the OSCE’s Indifference Towards Ukraine’s Drone Terrorism

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 12:30:09 02/12/2018 dan-news.info The lack of an appropriate reaction from the monitoring mission of the OSCE SMM towards the UAF’s use of assault drones in Donbass led to growth of number of these incidents. This was reported on December 1st by the Plenipotentiary Representative of the DPR at the negotiations in Minsk, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Nataliya Nikonorova. “Recently the paramilitary groups of Ukraine have mastered terrorist tactics –…

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The OSCE “Forgot” to Document Ukraine’s Aggression Against the LPR Settlement of Maryevka

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 21:05:09 17/11/2018 lug-info.com The observers of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) did not include in their daily report information about damage sustained by houses in the settlement of Maryevka (Zolotoye-5) due to the shelling of the Kiev Armed Forces. This was stated during a briefing in the Lugansk Information Center by the official representative of the People’s militia of the LPR Lieutenant-Colonel Andrey Marochko. On November 15th at 9:30 the Kiev Armed Forces once…

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Eduard Basurin: Ukraine Intends to Reverse Engineer the “Missing” OSCE Drone and Steal the West’s Patents

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 19:39:01 16/11/2018 armiyadnr.su The intelligence of the DPR has found the traces in the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the OSCE unmanned aerial vehicle that went missing on October 27th. This was stated by the official representative of the operative command of the DPR Eduard Basurin at a briefing on November 16th. In particular, he reported that the intelligence of the DPR obtained new information about the loss on October 27th, 2018 of the OSCE’s…

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The DPR Proved the Involvement of the UAF in the Disappearance of the OSCE’s Drone

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 11:36:09 14/11/2018 politnavigator.net The official representative of the operative command of the DPR Eduard Basurin, during a briefing on November 13th, provided proof of the participation of the Ukrainian army’s air defenses in the loss of the drone of the OSCE Mission on October 27th. In particular, he reported that the search events held by the Armed Forces of the DPR within the framework of rendering assistance to the OSCE SMM to find…

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The OSCE Confirmed Damage Sustained by a House in Dokuchaevsk After UAF Gunfire

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 01:27:28 11/11/2018 politnavigator.net In the report of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission from November 5th, 2018 damage to a house in the city of Dokuchaevsk, which is under the DPR’s control, was recorded. It is reported on the official website of the Representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) and negotiation process. “The mission specified information about damage to the residential area of the settlement of Dokuchaevsk (non-controlled by…

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Former First Deputy Head of the OSCE in Ukraine Alexander Hug Does Not Consider Russia to be an Aggressor

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 22:02:49 04/11/2018 ria.ru The former first deputy head of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Alexander Hug, who left this post at the start of November, said that he doesn’t consider Russia to be the aggressor country. “No. But I consider that Russia, Ukraine, and certain districts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions recognised that there is a big problem that needs to be solved, and all of them have undertaken obligations,”…

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The OSCE Falsely Accused the LPR of Attacking Its Drone

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 15:11:49 04/11/2018 lug-info.com The official representative of the People’s militia of the LPR Lieutenant-Colonel Andrey Marochko thanked the staff of the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the OSCE for quickly conducting an investigation and subsequently withdrawing its unsubstantiated accusations against the Defense Ministry of the Republic of opening fire at a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the mission. “I thank employees of the Special Monitoring Mission of the OSCE for their timely, quick, and detailed…

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“Foreign Policy” Censored Its Own Interview with the OSCE After It Confirmed the Lack of Direct Proof of Russia’s Presence in Donbass

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 13:25:04 26/10/2018 strana.ua The American “Foreign Policy” [a mouthpiece of the State Department – ed] magazine interviewed the first deputy head of the Special Monitoring Mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (SMM OSCE) Alexander Hug and removed his statement about the OSCE not having any direct proof of Russia’s involvement in Donbass. This is stated in the notes below the text of the interview on the magazine’s website. In the initial version,…

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The UAF Shelled the Residential Area of Kominternovo, the OSCE Wasn’t Interested in Documenting the Damage

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 12:05:18 03/10/2018 armiyadnr.su In the night of October 2nd Ukrainian terrorists shelled the settlement of Kominternovo via the use of 120mm mortars, automatic grenade launchers, and small arms. At about 12:00 on October 2nd a patrol of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC) came to the settlement to document the damage and collect data about the shelling. At about noon observers of the JCCC in the DPR, together with the military correspondent of…

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OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2018: Radical Ukrainian Militants & the “Mirotvorets” Website

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 18:38:09 14/09/2018 uspishna-varta.com At the 8th plenary session of the HDIM-2018 conference the chairperson of the board of the human rights platform “Uspishna Varta” Natalya Natalina appealed to the OSCE to urge the government of Ukraine to ban the activity of paramilitary forces as a part of ultra-right parties and organisations adhering to the ideology of aggressive nationalism. During the discussion delegates of the OSCE State Parties discussed tolerance and non-discrimination, including the rights…

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Ukrainian Officials Fled the OSCE Conference After Questions About the Persecution of Journalists

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 12:47:03 12/09/2018 politnavigator.net Ukrainian officials ran away from the OSCE conference in Warsaw after being questioned about the persecution of oppositional journalists. This was reported by an eyewitness to the incident – the journalist of “Ru.Baltic” Aleksandr Nosovich on his blog. “To the question redirected to her ‘how to stop the persecution of Ukrainian and Russian journalists in Ukraine’, the representative of the Ukrainian committee on the press answered that she has already…

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OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2018: Human Rights Violations in Ukraine

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 20:01:29 11/09/2018 uspishna-varta.com/strana.ua/tass.ru On September 10th the first conference on human rights and democracy in Europe “The Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2018 (HDIM)” took place in Warsaw. It is Europe’s largest annual human rights and democracy conference. It is organised every year by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) as a platform for the 57 OSCE participating States, the OSCE Partners for Co-operation, OSCE structures, civil society, international organisations and…

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Kiev Blocked the OSCE’s Initiatives to Stabilise the Situation in Donbass

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 13:02:29 14/06/2018 politnavigator.net The Ukrainian side sabotaged the OSCE SMM initiatives for resolving the conflict in Donbass during a meeting of the working group on security issues that took place on June 13th at negotiations in Minsk. This was reported on the official website of the Representation of the DPR in the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination. “The OSCE SMM consolidated all proposals that were heard earlier, and revised and submitted them in a neutral,…

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The Secretary General of the OSCE: Ukraine Doesn’t Show the Will to Implement the Minsk Agreements

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 19:41:32 13/06/2018 politnavigator.net The Ukrainian authorities don’t show the political will to implement the Minsk Agreements and de-escalate the military conflict in Donbass. This became known from the recording of the telephone conversation of the prankers Vladimir “Vovan” Kuznetsov and Aleksey “Lexus” Stolyarov with the Secretary General of the OSCE Thomas Greminger. The prankers found out the opinion of European official concerning the problems of Ukraine and Donbass under the guise of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan…

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The OSCE Condemned the UAF’s Pillaging of a Village in the “Gray Zone”

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 18:11:03 09/06/2018 zen.yandex.ru/uacrisis.org Speaking at a press conference, the first deputy head of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Alexander Hug gave interesting details of his trip to the contact line in Donbass. In particular, he spoke about how he and other employees of the mission were nearly killed and the humanitarian disaster in the settlement of Chigiri, which is in the so-called “gray zone” near Gorlovka and occupied by units of the UAF, in…

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The UAF Opened Fire at OSCE Observers in Order to Hide Forbidden Weapons

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 14:30:33 21/05/2018 lug-info.com For the purpose of hiding forbidden arms from representatives of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), military personnel of the UAF that are in the area of Zolotoye opened fire at observers via a grenade launcher. This was reported by the press service of the people’s militia of the LPR. The department noted that the UAF command continues to bring weapons to the contact line and to hide them from the staff of…

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“Europe, Take Your Killers Away!”: The Youth of Lugansk Picketed the Office of the OSCE

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 01:01:03 14/04/2018 smi.pp.ua Today in Lugansk the youth from several district of the republic picketed the office of the OSCE. This was reported by the press service of the “Patriotic Association of Donbass” organisation. The event was timed with the day Aleksandr Turchynov signed the decree [in 2014 – ed] on the beginning of the so-called “ATO”. As the student Elizabeta Korshok said, four years ago she was obliged to spend whole days in…

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The Foreign Ministry of Hungary Announced the Beginning of an OSCE Mission in Transcarpathia

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 17:30:39 11/03/2018 strana.ua The Foreign Minister of Hungary Péter Szijjártó claims that the OSCE notified him about the beginning of an observation mission in Transcarpathia. This was reported by the press service of the ruling “Fidesz” party. Szijjártó reported that he repeatedly consulted with the OSCE and asked for observers of the organisation to be present not only in the East of Ukraine, but also on the western part of Transcarpathia, so that the “Hungarian community in…

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The DPR Demonstrated How the OSCE Mission Distorts Official Reports

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 21:54:09 10/02/2018 newsmir.info The English and Russian language versions of the data that the employees of the OSCE Mission provides in their reports concerning shelling in Donbass cardinally differs. This was reported during a briefing by the official representative of the Defense Ministry of the DPR Eduard Basurin. During the briefing Eduard Basurin noted that on February 7th, from positions of the 54th separate mechanised brigade near the Svetlodarsk arc, the UAF conducted shelling on the…

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Hungary Formally Requested The Introduction of an OSCE Mission in Transcarpathia

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 12:50:09 06/01/2018 strana.ua Hungary officially expressed the need to send an OSCE Mission to Transcarpathia after unknown persons in Uzhgorod threw a “Molotov cocktail” into a window of the building of regional office of the organisation of Transcarpathian Hungarians. This was reported by the website of the Hungarian government. In this statement the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary condemned the attack on the headquarters of the “Transcarpathian Hungarian Cultural Association” party in Uzhgorod. “We expect that the…

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The UAF Shelled the Residential Quarters of Dokuchaevsk on the Eve of the OSCE’s Visit

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 19:47:29 22/01/2018 news-front.info As was reported by the operative command of the Armed Forces of the DPR: “Today, on January 22nd, at 17:25 Moscow time, as a result of the enemy’s shelling on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic from the side of Novotroitskoye on Dokuchaevsk using 120mm mortars and a BMP-2, 5 civilians were wounded. The shelling was deliberately aimed at objects of civil infrastructure”. This fact of a crime by…

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Former UAF Officer: We Staged Fake Shelling in Front of the OSCE to Frame the LDPR

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 17:57:38 19/01/2018 news-front.info On the 18th of January the Ministry of State Security of the LPR reported that a special operation was carried out to bring Ivan Khizhnyak – the former chief of command and control of the separate anti-aircraft division of the military unit A-1973 located in the city of Kramatorsk, who for three years was engaged in collecting classified information in the rear of the enemy – to the territory of the Lugansk…

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Basurin: Ukraine Punished the Grey Zone Villagers Who Appealed to the OSCE for Help

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 15:45:33 03/12/2017 armiyadnr.su In the settlements of Gladosovo and Metalist – captured by the UAF – the Ukrainian military personnel humiliate the civilians, forbidding them from moving and calling by telephone freely. Such information was reported at a briefing by the official representative of the Defense Ministry of the DPR Colonel Eduard Basurin. “Ukrainian punishers try to achieve a total blockade of the settlements from the outside world, forbidding civilians from not only moving freely, but also…

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Basurin: OSCE Is Now Aware of the UAF’s Occupation of Gray Zone Settlements After Phone Call With Local Residents

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 17:26:38 28/11/2017 dnr-online.ru During a briefing on November 28th the Deputy Commander of the DPR Armed Forces Colonel Eduard Basurin noted that five days after an appeal was made by inhabitants of Gladosovo to Alexander Hug, representatives of the OSCE SMM finally called by phone one of the residents of the settlement, who confirmed the fact that “Aidar” militants captured the settlements in defiance of the Minsk Agreements. “At the same time in the report of the [OSCE…

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Residents of the “Grey Zone” Village Seized by the UAF Appealed to the OSCE for Help

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 14:56:14 23/11/2017 riafan.ru The inhabitants living in the settlement of Gladosovo in Gorlovka asked the deputy head of the OSCE in Ukraine Alexander Hug for help after it the village was occupied by Ukrainian troops. On November 22nd it became known that the UAF and nationalists from the Ukrainian “Aidar” battalion on November 21st rushed into the settlement of Gladosovo and captured civilians. Those who found themselves subjected to UAF occupation appealed through social networks to…

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“They Shelled Themselves”: The OSCE Disseminates False Information About the Actions of the DPR Militia

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 17:57:08 22/11/2017 telegra.ph “FACTS MATTER” – this is the motto of the OSCE SMM, and we agree with it entirely. In this regard, the Representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination held a hearing on the facts of the violations of the ceasefire regime (CFR) near the Donetsk Filtration Station (DFS) recorded by the OSCE SMM camera and reflected in the daily reports dated November 17th and 18th…

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Dmitry Skvortsov: The OSCE Learned About State Terrorism Against the Largest Religious Group in Ukraine

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 02:27:03 11/11/2017 alternatio.org As the head of the NGO “Ukrainian Community”, your obedient servant, together with the Chairman of the Union of Orthodox Brotherhoods of Ukraine Valentin Lukiyanik, the adviser on legal questions of the Kiev metropolitanate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) Oleg Denisov, the writer Jan Taksyur, and the human rights activist Viktoriya Yukhimets met at the Kiev office of the OSCE the regional observer on the observance of human…

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The Dark Truth About the OSCE and Brothels in Ukraine-Controlled Severodonetsk

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By Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard On October 19th, 2017, the OSCE reported that its mandate at two Russian Checkpoints had been extended to the end of January, 2018. The Mission’s mandate in Ukraine itself on March 16th was extended by one year – to 31st March 2018. This, of course, is normal considering the fact that the deployment of the OSCE in order to monitor the ceasefire is one of the points of the Minsk Agreements signed by OSCE representative…

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OSCE Confirmed That the UAF Is Using Civilians as Human Shields

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 12:45:12 28/09/2017 politnavigator.net The Ukrainian troops continue to use civilians as cover and conduct provocative shelling on the republics of Donbass. In the photo presented by the OSCE Mission it is clearly visible that Ukrainian equipment is located close to houses. This was confirmed by Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Alexander Hug during a briefing in Kiev, which took place in the “Ukrainian Crisis Media Center“. “Here in this photo that was taken by our drone on September…

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The OSCE Is Unable to Confirm the Presence of Russian Troops in Donbass

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 15:53:09 12/09/2017 strana.ua The Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the OSCE can’t confirm the presence in Donbass of Russian troops per se, but pays attention to proof of the involvement of foreign citizens and arms in the conflict. This was stated by the Secretary-General of the OSCE Lamberto Zannier during a briefing, reports Interfax Ukraine. “When I am asked whether there are Russian organisations there (troops), I, with reference to the information of our observers, say that there…

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From Donbass to Central Asia: The Decline of the OSCE in Eurasia Becomes Closer

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 17:28:09 01/09/2017 fondsk.ru A few days ago, commenting on the sharply-increased intensity of shelling in Donbass, the representative of the OSCE Monitoring Mission Alexander Hug made a new statement. Having difficulty determining who opened fire first (and this is despite the technical means and the wide network of local informants available to the mission), he said that both sides don’t adhere to the arrangement on a truce. According to the official of the…

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Statement of Eduard Basurin Concerning the Latest UAF Provocation in the Presence of the OSCE

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 18:49:01 11/08/2017 novorosinform.org On August 11th during a online briefing of the first deputy head of the OSCE mission in Ukraine Alexander Hug in Avdeevka, which was broadcasted from the Ukrainian crisis media center, the 72nd separate mechanised battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine opened fire in the direction of the positions of the DPR and the regions adjacent to Yasinovataya. This was reported by the deputy commander of the operative command of the DPR…

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OSCE: The Ukrainian Armed Forces Mined the Bridge in Schastye

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 17:10:02 11/08/2017 politnavigator.net Ukraine interferes with the withdrawal of arms at the only checkpoint of the demarcation line in Stanitsa Luganskaya. The alternative check point in Schastye remains mined by the UAF soldiers. At the request of the OSCE to remove the mines, the Ukrainian side refused. Such information was told by the head of the OSCE SMM Alexander Hug during a Skype conference with the Ukrainian crisis center, reports the correspondent of Politnavigator. “The bridge in…

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OSCE Described How the Residents of Donbass Removed a UAF Bunker

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 19:13:01 04/07/2017 ria.ru Observers of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) became witnesses of a conflict between residents of the village of Sopino in Donbass and the Ukrainian military personnel constructing a bunker near houses, reported RIA Novosti citing the press service of the SMM. “In government-controlled Sopino members of the patrol of the mission saw how about 40-50 inhabitants (different age groups, more than a half of which were women) furiously argued with ten servicemen…

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OSCE Observers Were Shelled by the UAF in the Area of the Donetsk Filtration Station

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 18:13:01 04/08/2017 dan-news.info Representatives of the OSCE Mission found themselves in the zone of UAF shelling near the Donetsk Filtration Station (DFS) this afternoon, explosions of ammunition were recorded in close proximity to the object. The representative of the DPR in the Joint Center on Control and Coordination of the ceasefire regime (JCCC) reported about this to DAN. “At around 14:00 the UAF opened fire at the neighborhoods of the DFS where at that that moment…

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Russian Deputy Pyotr Tolstoy Responds to Ukraine at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

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Subtitles by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard The Russian delegation will prepare a resolution on crimes in Ukraine for the next session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE. The vice speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Pyotr Tolstoy wrote about this on his Telegram page. This will become the answer to the draft resolution about the restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, which was approved on June 7th by the General Committee of the Parliamentary…

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OSCE Refutes False Information Published by the Ukrainian Armed Forces

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 15:25:49 30/06/2017 russian.rt.com The Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) of the OSCE disproved the information of the Ukrainian military concerning the shelling of former’s base, which is located in the city of Popasnaya in the Lugansk region. This was reported on the Facebook page of the mission. “In response to incorrect information issued by the press centre of the anti-terrorist operation: the OSCE SMM’s forward patrol base in Popasna in Luhansk region was not shelled; no damage…

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OSCE Observers Recorded the Provocation of “Right Sector” in the Zolotoye Region

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 17:15:19 25/06/2017 dnr-pravda.ru The Ukrainian side continues to shell the militia’s positions in order to later blame it, stated the official representative of the Defense Ministry of the LPR Lieutenant-Colonel Andrey Marochko. “The most recent such case was on June 23rd near the region of Zolotoye in the zone of responsibility of the 24th UAF brigade. The Kiev Armed Forces purposefully carried out a provocation on the eve of the visit to this area by the…

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OSCE “Violently Attacked by Armed Man” in Yasinovataya – What Their Report Didn’t Say…

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Translated by Ollie Richardson 01:54:43 21/06/2017 dan-news.info The special service of the Donetsk People’s Republic detained armed people who the day before attacked a patrol of the Special Monitoring Mission of the OSCE in the city of Yasinovataya in the afternoon. This was reported by the operative command of the DPR on June 21st. “As a result of the taken measures from the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of State Security of the DPR, during quick search actions the…

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The Ukrainian Army Killed Two Civilians in Donetsk, the OSCE Refused to Record It

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Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 18:44:27 13/06/2017 antifashist.com Again, Donetsk. Again, Trudovskoye. Again, a mother with her son. Only this time nobody survived… On June 4th, on the holiday of the Holy Trinity, in the settlement of Trudovskoye Tanya Zaichenko was killed. Her son Vladik with severe injuries was taken to hospital. Tanya was buried on June 7th. The boy still doesn’t know that his mother isn’t present anymore. “So. Olga Anatolyevna, the grandmother of Vladik Zaichenko, who…

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