European security watchdog the OSCE prolonged the mandate of its observer mission at two Russian checkpoints on the border with Ukraine by three months on Dec. 18, the longest extension so far.
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Reuters: OSCE extends observer mission at Russia-Ukraine border until March
A convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid for residents of the Eastern Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Lugansk heads toward the border crossing in the Rostov region, on Nov. 13, 2014.