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| OSCE monitors fired upon in east Ukraine |
| 2016-01-18 |
| [Iran Press TV] The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which keeps a tab on ceasefire in Ukraine, says its monitors have come under fire during an assessment mission in the country's war-torn east. The organization said the incident occurred on Saturday when its observers' vehicle was hit with small-arms fire near Mariinka, a town some 20 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of the volatile city of Donetsk. Three OSCE observers along with a paramedic and a translator were visiting the area in two armored vehicles to assess damage to a gas pipeline in the region. The mission "heard the sound of one or two shots" and saw a hole in the window of one of the vehicles. Ertugrul Apakan, the head of the monitoring mission, described the shooting as "entirely unacceptable." "If monitors are unable to perform their duties, there can be no security and there can be no stabilization," he added. There were no reports of casualties. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "If monitors are unable to perform their duties, there can be no security and there can be no stabilization," he added. almost as if that was the point, genius? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-01-18 09:42 |