Members of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (“DPR”) have declared a “special entry-exit status” at the Russian-occupied town of Siedove in Donetsk region, having denied access to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, according to an OSCE update.
“At a checkpoint about 1.2km north-west of ‘DPR’-controlled Siedove (33km north-east of Mariupol), armed ‘DPR’ members again stopped an SMM patrol and denied it to proceed further on the road towards Siedove, citing orders from superiors,” the OSCE SMM said in an update based on information received as of 19:30 on July 14.
