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Ambassador Yaşar Halit Çevik is the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.

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Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Ambassador Yaşar Halit Çevik at the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, 30 May 2019.

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Ambassador Yaşar Halit Çevik, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Vienna, 29 May 2019.

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H.E. Yaşar Halit Çevik, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (l) with OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, Vienna, 29 May 2019.

Damage to civilian housing in eastern Ukraine

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Military positions and heavy weapons continue to be placed close to civilian housing. Footage from OSCE SMM unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) reveals the consequences.

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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Slovakia’s Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Miroslav Lajčák (r) and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger (l) lead a farewell ceremony at the Permanent Council for Chief Monitor of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan, Vienna, 30 May 2019.

OSCE SMM technical monitoring

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Find out more about the technology behind the OSCE SMM that allows for 24/7 monitoring in areas inaccessible to ground patrols.

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Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Vienna, 4 April 2019. (OSCE/Ghada Hazim)

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OSCE SMM monitoring officer in eastern Ukraine

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Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.

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Antje Grawe, Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.

A day-in-the-life of an SMM monitor in eastern Ukraine

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Ever thought about how you could be part of the solution to one of Europe’s biggest security and humanitarian problems? Meet Gail, who works for the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, and see if you’d like to be part of her team.