Militants not let OSCE mission approach border with Russia in Donbas

The monitors of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission failed to visit the border area in Luhansk region, which is not controlled by Ukraine, because of obstructions on part of the militants.

This was reported by the OSCE press service.

The militants stopped the SMM patrol on the road between the occupied towns Nyzhnia Herasimovka and Krasnodarsky and demanded to leave the border area.

The terrorists convoyed the SMM to Sorokyne (former Krasnodon).

As reported, June 8, the terrorists did not let the monitors of the OSCE monitoring mission to visit the military-style base in the occupied town of Kadievka (former Stakhaniv).

Earlier, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin stated that the OSCE should gain access to the border.