Russia’s closure of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk is troubling and only demonstrates the need for the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to be present along the entire section of the border between Ukraine and Russia.
Ukraine-European Union Relations
UkrInform: Cederfelt says mission should have access to entire Ukraine-Russia border
Ukrainian border guards stand guard as OSCE observers cross the checkpoint between the Kyiv-controlled territory and occupied areas in the war-torn east, in the town of Schastya in the Lugansk region on Nov. 10, 2020.
