Admin l Sunday, February 26, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States – The United States of America has condemned in its entirety, the attacks on Friday on Organisation for Security Cooperation in Europe, OSCE monitors in eastern Ukraine by combined Russian Seperatist forces.
According to reports from the Ministries of Defense of Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other sources, in the early morning of February 25 there was a serious breach of cease fire on the Line of Contact, resulting in casualties.
Several bodies remain in the no-man’s land. The Sides accuse each other of an incursion attempt.
But the United States said it is closely monitoring the growing violence in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks and the continuing failure of the combined-Russian separatist forces to honor the cease-fire called for under the Minsk agreements.
“We condemn Friday’s targeting of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) monitors and the seizure of a SMM unmanned aerial vehicle by combined-Russian separatist forces. It is imperative that these forces halt their attacks on civilian infrastructure, including the Donetsk water filtration station”, the U.S said in a statement signed by Acting Spokesman, U.S Department of State, Mark F. Toner said in a statement.
The U.S called on Russia and the separatist forces it backs to immediately observe the cease-fire, withdraw all heavy weapons, and allow full and unfettered access to the OSCE monitors.
