The OECD has expressed “grave concern” about Moscow’s treatment of Ukrainian civilians in “filtering camps” set up to identify those with alleged ties to the Kiev authorities, according to a report due to be released today. “According to eyewitnesses”, this process “includes harsh interrogations and humiliating body searches”, write the three authors of document number […]
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Moscow accuses the OSCE of passing information to Western intelligence services
Russia today accused the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) of providing information on the positions of Russian and pro-Russian forces in the Western and Ukrainian intelligence services. This accusation was made by the representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova during the briefing of the journalists without, however, supporting […]
Polish Foreign Minister: Russia attacked political infrastructure because its strategy in Ukraine failed
Russia’s war in Ukraine is marked by a “failure of Moscow tactics and strategy,” Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rao, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), told the UN Security Council today. Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Due to this failure, Russia changed its approach […]
N. Dendias: ‘We will do everything we can to bring back the Greek consul safe’ from Mariupol
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias had a long discussion with the OSCE Secretary General, Helga Schmidt, on the issues concerning Mariupol and the security of the Greek consul who is currently hosted at the OSCE building in Mariupol. In a statement after the meeting, the Foreign Minister said that “we will do everything we can to […]
Extraordinary OSCE summit’s day on Ukraine
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is holding an emergency meeting of its permanent representatives today, following a decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize the independence of two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine. “This is a clear violation of international law,” Poland, which currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the […]
More than 1,400 explosions were recorded by OSCE observers in 24 hours in Donbas
More than 1,400 explosions took place on Friday in the two regions of eastern Ukraine where the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists have been fighting since 2014, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe said today, noting that bombings are rising rapidly. The self-proclaimed “People’s Republics” of Donetsk and Lugansk are at the center […]
‘Spectacular increase’ in ceasefire violations in Ukraine
Observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said today that they were seeing a “dramatic increase” in violations of the ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists and government troops have been fighting since 2014. They recorded a “spectacular increase” in hostilities along the front line, the OSCE said in […]
Ukraine urges France, Germany to send observers to OSCE mission
Kiev is ready to do whatever is necessary to restore the ceasefire in Donbas and is planning a tripartite meeting with the contact group tomorrow, Saturday, said Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Irina Bee. “We hope that such a meeting will take place tomorrow. We are ready […]
OSCE: Russia did not participate in the meeting requested by Ukraine in the framework of the so-called ‘Vienna Document’
Russia did not attend the OSCE meeting convened by Ukraine today, demanding an explanation for the movement of Russian forces near the Ukrainian border. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is one of the few multilateral platforms on which Eastern and Western countries talk. One of the Treaties adopted by the OSCE in […]
Lavrov: Talks with OSCE do not replace US-NATO dialogue
Discussing Russia’s security requirements within the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) would be interesting but does not replace talks with the United States and NATO, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Without any progress in the latter, the talks in the OSCE would not make sense, Lavrov said after a meeting in […]