Released OSCE observers: " we were treated to the maximum loyal "
The head of the OSCE mission in Donetsk Axel Schneider expressed gratitude to those who have achieved the liberation of their group." We have done everything they can. We will never forget " - said he in an interview to television channel Russia Today.
to the question about how they were treated, Schneider said: " in accordance with the promise of the mayor, we were treated to the maximum loyal. This is a tragic situation, but We were under his protection."
at the end of last week at some of the checkpoints near Slavyansk on the East of Ukraine Authorized militia on suspicion of espionage tied group of members of the military mission of the OSCE. Later authorized the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Lukin was sent to Ukraine For negotiations on the release of observers. On the first day weekend Lukin and the OSCE stated that 12 foreign military observers of the OSCE released in Slavyansk. Lukin brought released authorized OSCE in Donetsk. Then They were transferred to the special representatives of the observation mission of the organization, was attended by Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland.
The crisis of political power broke out in Ukraine by the end of November 2013, when the Cabinet has announced About temporary suspension of European integration of the state. Numerous protests, dubbed the " evropidan ", were held throughout Ukraine and in January resulted in clashes with police. The result of fighting in the street, during which the opposing political force many times used small arms and began dozens of casualties.
on February 22, the country suffered a violent seizure of power. The Verkhovna Rada, violating between President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders, changed the Constitution changed the leadership of the Parliament and the Ministry of internal Affairs and was removed from power the head of the country, which was Then forced to leave Ukraine, fearing for their lives. on 27 February, the Ukrainian Parliament approved the so-called government of national trust, became Premier Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
Developments in South-Eastern Ukraine: the latest information, photos and video from the place, reaction, and activation -
numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. It has been the response of local citizens at the forcible change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law, giving the Russian language regional status. The center of confrontation between Pro-Russian-minded people with the government in Kiev has become the Donbass. About that, how is the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.
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