The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) says a group of its monitors overseeing a fragile cease-fire in eastern Ukraine have been barred from leaving their base by Russia-backed separatists who are seeking the release of an officer held by Ukrainian government forces.
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RFE/RL: OSCE says separatists in eastern Ukraine preventing monitors from leaving base
Observers with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) stand behind an officer launching signal rockets in order to start the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces near Bohdanivka, a village in Kyiv-controlled territory in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, on Nov. 9, 2019.
