News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 4 July 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 5 July 2014
The military campaign of the Ukrainian army in the east of the country continued. The situation was stable elsewhere across the country.
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 3 July 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 4 July 2014
Tensions remained in parts of Donbas. The situation was calm elsewhere across the country...
OSCE Chief Monitor in Ukraine urges all sides to allow monitors to carry out duties safely
Publishing date: 15 September 2014
KYIV, 15 September 2014 – Chief Monitor of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan today urged all sides to allow monitors to carry out their duties and verification of the ceasefire regime safely after a series of incidents which put their lives at serious risk...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 2 July 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 3 July 2014
Tensions remained in parts of Donbas. The situation was calm elsewhere across the country...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 1 July 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
Tensions remained in parts of Donbas. The situation was calm elsewhere across the country...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 30 June 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 1 July 2014
Tensions remained in parts of Donbas. The situation was calm elsewhere across the country.
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 29 June 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 30 June 2014
Tensions remained in parts of Donbas. The situation was calm elsewhere across the country. The SMM observed peaceful marches marking Ukraine’s Constitution Day throughout the country. On 28 June the remaining four SMM monitors from the Luhansk team were released after a month’s detention...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 27 June 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 30 June 2014
Tensions remained in parts of Donbas. The situation was calm elsewhere across the country. Late on 26 June the four SMM monitors from the Donetsk team were released after 32 days of detention. The four SMM monitors from the Luhansk team are still detained...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 26 June 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
The situation across the country was calm. A Holocaust memorial was vandalised in Kherson region, and some internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Roma community faced difficulty in having their housing needs met in Kharkiv. Four SMM monitors from the Luhansk team have been missing for 28 days. Four SMM monitors from the Donetsk team who had been missing for 32 days were released late on 26 June.
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 25 June 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 26 June 2014
Tensions remained in parts of Donbas. The situation was calm elsewhere across the country. Several railway tracks in Donbas have been damaged by unknown perpetrators. Four SMM monitors from the Donetsk team have been missing for 31 days and four SMM monitors from the Luhansk team for 28 days. The Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus called for their release...