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The Ukrainian side, within the framework of the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group, has demanded the admission of the representatives of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to the entire territory of the ORDLO, including the Ukrainian-Russian border, Darka Olifer, press secretary of Ukrainian representative to the Trilateral Contact Group and former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, said on Wednesday.

“The Ukrainian side has once again expressed its concern about cases of violence and intimidation that occur with respect to the staff of the OSCE SMM on uncontrolled Ukrainian part of Donbas: after the car bomb attack of OSCE SMM’s patrol which resulted in death, this aggression has become a trend. We insist on the admission of representatives of the mission to the whole territory of the ORDLO, including the Ukrainian-Russian border. OSCE SMM representatives are repeatedly not allowed to these very areas that close to the border which is registered by representatives of the OSCE SMM,” she wrote on her Facebook page at the end of the TCG meeting in Minsk on Wednesday.