[url]http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/08/09/uk-ukraine-crisis-osce-idUKKCN0QE0FD20150809[/url]
[quote=Reuters UK]Four armoured vehicles belonging to the OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine's eastern conflict zone were destroyed overnight, the security watchdog said Sunday, describing the apparent arson attack as an attempt to restrict its work.
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe monitors the implementation of a much-violated ceasefire deal and has faced increased hostility in separatist territory in recent weeks.
"It seems that this sort of intimidation is aimed at stopping the OSCE from reporting what is going on in the area," Alexander Hug, the deputy head of the monitoring mission, said in Kiev.
"There are, it seems, some who would like the OSCE to stop reporting what is going on in Donetsk," he said, adding that the organisation had repeatedly asked those in effective power in the city to improve security for the mission.
The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, condemned the attack as an "outrage" and said all efforts would be made to find those responsible and ensure the safety of the mission.
"It's possible OSCE representatives have not always been objective due to various reasons ranging from the technical to the demands of high politics, however we absolutely are not interested in the mission ending its operation," he said in an online statement.
Hug said the mission had no plans to pull out of Donetsk.
The attack follows a protest of about 300 people outside the OSCE's hotel in rebel-held Donetsk on Thursday, when demonstrators held up banners criticising the "silence and blindness" of the mission and sprayed red liquid from a hose onto the ground. [/quote]
[url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33841003[/url]
[quote=BBC]Four armoured vehicles belonging to the OSCE in Ukraine have been destroyed in an apparent arson attack, the monitoring mission has said.
The overnight attack took place near the hotel where the observers are based in the rebel-held eastern city of Donetsk.
The observers are monitoring a fragile ceasefire between government forces and Russian-backed separatists.
But violence against them has increased in recent weeks.
The cars were set on fire early on Sunday morning, causing reinforced glass on their windows to crack and paint to peel off.
Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk blamed the attack on rebel "partners in crime", while the separatists said on their official website that "Ukrainian saboteurs" were responsible for it.
The incident follows two protests at the mission's headquarters in Donetsk. OSCE vehicles were damaged on one of these occasions.[/quote]
What do you have to gain from destroying OSCE vehicles?
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;48416775]What do you have to gain from destroying OSCE vehicles?[/QUOTE]
you hinder their ability to detect violations of the "ceasefire" agreement or general human rights/war crimes
[QUOTE=Grenadiac;48416775]What do you have to gain from destroying OSCE vehicles?[/QUOTE]
Another incident to blame each other for.
[QUOTE=DoktorAkcel;48416840]Another incident to blame each other for.[/QUOTE]
Dunno how it can be blamed on real-Ukraine when it happened in Donetsk city.
[QUOTE=Riller;48416892]Dunno how it can be blamed on real-Ukraine when it happened in Donetsk city.[/QUOTE]
They said Odessa was all Russian and Transnistrian citizens, so...
[QUOTE=Conscript;48416933]They said Odessa was all Russian and Transnistrian citizens, so...[/QUOTE]
"They said"
Who said this.
[QUOTE=Riller;48416892]Dunno how it can be blamed on real-Ukraine when it happened in Donetsk city.[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XGmZYTX.png[/IMG]
the propaganda is real
[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;48416950]"They said"
Who said this.[/QUOTE]
The ministry of internal affairs.
[url]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Odessa_clashes[/url]
[url]http://www.unian.net/politics/914210-mvd-bolshinstvo-zaderjannyih-v-odesse-grajdane-rossii-i-jiteli-pridnestrovya.html[/url]
The government, specifically the Chief of Staff Sergey Pashinsky, went on to claim may 2nd was an FSB action meant to distract from and discredit the ATO. The Odessa governor also claimed the massacre was just neutralizing terrorists, which would explain police inaction: [url]https://www.veooz.com/photos/hH9Pt59.html[/url]
So yea, lots of foreign saboteurs running around for both sides, apparently.
[QUOTE=Riller;48416892]Dunno how it can be blamed on real-Ukraine when it happened in Donetsk city.[/QUOTE]
That's not going to stop [del]Russia[/del] Donetsk from trying.
[QUOTE=Riller;48416892]Dunno how it can be blamed on real-Ukraine when it happened in Donetsk city.[/QUOTE]
Well considering the Kiev government has control over parts of Donetsk, it actually makes sense. The problem with the Ukrainian crisis is that it's impossible to blame either side since misinformation is disgustingly rampant.
[QUOTE=Lako52;48417533][B]Well considering the Kiev government has control over parts of Donetsk, it actually makes sense.[/B] The problem with the Ukrainian crisis is that it's impossible to blame either side since misinformation is disgustingly rampant.[/QUOTE]
No they don't. Unless you mean the region of Donetsk, then yes they control PARTS of the region. They're no where close to where this incident occurred though.
The area this occurred in was ran by the DPR, who immediately shifted attention towards blaming Kiev. With that said, Pro-Russia protesters in Lugansk gathered outside of an OSCE office in Lugansk, demanding the people inside come outside for a "talk".
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