OSCE opens new patrol bases in Donbas

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine will open new forward patrol bases in Donbas this week.

This is stated on the website of the Mission.

“Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine Alexander Hug will travel to eastern Ukraine from 14 to 18 January 2016 to assess the security situation, open new Forward Patrol Bases and encourage all concerned to work towards peace and normalization of the situation in Ukraine,” reads the statement.

Hug will visit Soledar, Donetsk, Kominternove, Shyrokyne, Dokuchaievsk, Svitlodarsk, Krasnoarmiisk, Luhansk, Stanytsia-Luhanska.

 He will meet the SMM teams, inspect the camera operations, conduct meetings with Joint Centre for Control and Co-operation representatives and other relevant interlocutors. 

Earlier in December, the OSCE opened two forward patrol bases in Donbas – in Debaltseve and Horlivka.