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Hug to visit Donbas on Oct. 22-27

Published Oct. 22, 2018 at 12:05 pm

Alexander Hug, the deputy head of the OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine, speaks during his press-conference in Kiev on April 23, 2017.The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe said Sunday one of its US monitors in Ukraine died after a patrol vehicle hit a landmine in the Russian-backed separatist east.It marked the first loss for the security body's Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) since Europe's only war broke out more than three years ago.

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OSCE SMM Principal Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug will visit eastern Ukraine from October 22 to October 27 to assess the security situation and its impact on civilians.

Hug will visit Luhansk and Donetsk regions, meet with the mission’s teams, and also communicate with civilians on both sides of the contact line, the release of the OSCE SMM says.

In addition, the first deputy head of the OSCE SMM will visit the city of Dnipro at the beginning of the week.