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 The Russian Federation objects to the extension of the mandate of the OSCE Border Observer Mission of the Russian Federation at the checkpoints Gukovo and “Donetsk on the border with Ukraine, the US mission to the OSCE said.

“Russia’s current objection to the OSCE Border Observer Mission’s mandate renewal looks to be just the latest in a long line of broken promises & Russia’s most recent demonstration that maintaining positive relations with its neighbors is simply not a priority,” the US Mission to OSCE said on Twitter on Sept. 2.