OSCE completes evacuation of monitoring mission in Ukraine
All employees of the special monitoring mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE SMM) left Ukraine, the press service of the organization reported.
“The SMM has completed the temporary evacuation of all international members of the Mission from its area of operations. Mission local staff will manage SMM facilities and assets pending the resumption of operations in Ukraine.
The press service also indicated that the mission will temporarily suspend the compilation and publication of reports.
OSCE announced the evacuation of almost the entire monitoring mission from Ukraine Politics
The OSCE decided to evacuate all its staff in Ukraine on 24 February. On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a military operation in the country.