Occupiers continue to restrict OSCE SMM movement in eastern Ukraine

The armed formations of the Russian occupation forces continued to restrict the movement of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), including at a checkpoint of the armed formations in southern Donetsk region and in a border area outside government control in Luhansk region, according to a daily report issued by the OSCE SMM on June 28.

“On 26 June, at a checkpoint of the armed formations near Zaichenko (non-government-controlled, 93km south of Donetsk), one visibly armed memberof the armed formations denied the Mission passage westwards towards Pikuzy (formerly Kominternove, non-government-controlled, 92km south of Donetsk) and southwards towards Sakhanka (non-government-controlled, 97km south of Donetsk), citing 'the SMM’s safety”, reads the report.

In addition, on the same day, at the Chervona Mohyla railway station in Voznesenivka (formerly Chervonopartyzansk, non-government-controlled, 65km south-east of Luhansk), two visibly armed members of the armed formations told the SMM to leave the area, citing “lack of permission from superiors”.

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