News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Latest update by the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk, based on information received as of 22hrs, 4 August 2014
Publishing date: 4 August 2014
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russian Federation, 4 August 2014- On 1-2 August 2014 Ukrainian army officers made contact with the OSCE Observer Mission (OM) to request OSCE assistance to open a passageway to the Gukovo border crossing point (BCP) of the Russian Federation (RF) for several hundred Ukrainian servicemen. On 2 August, an initial group of 12 Ukrainian troops crossed into the RF. On 4 August, the OSCE Observer Mission witnessed the passage of 437 Ukrainian servicemen. They were sent to a nearby transit facility and, according to the local Russian authorities, all of them were set to return to Ukraine in the hours to come.
Spot report by the OSCE observer mission at the Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk, 3 August 2014
Publishing date: 4 August 2014
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russian Federation, 3 August 2014- Fighting between Ukrainian troops and militants resumed around Gukovo Border Crossing Point (BCP). Two shells fell in the BCP compound one of which provoked light building damage.
Deployment of OSCE observers to the Russian Federation one element to de-escalate situation, Chair says, calling for further and broader measures to follow suit
Publishing date: 24 July 2014
Bern, July 24, 2014 – Noting today’s consensus decision of the OSCE Permanent Council to deploy an Observer Mission to two checkpoints of Donetsk and Gukovo on the Russian-Ukrainian border, the Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister, Didier Burkhalter, stressed the confidence-building character of this measure.