Russian President Vladimir Putin’s suggestion to station UN peacekeepers in Donbass to halt the fighting that has killed over 10,000 people is a nonstarter, if Russia only wants the front lines patrolled, not the rear areas where the Kremlin is shipping in aid and military equipment. German Chancellor Angela Merkel,…
Geneva International Discussions The 40th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) was held on June 20-21 in Geneva. The GID is a multilateral mediation forum co-chaired by the EU, OSCE and UN. The GID format was designed after the Russo-Georgian War of 2008 to address security and humanitarian…
Monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) were fired upon while conducting a mission in Donbass, near the town of Yasynuvata, while inspecting a water treatment plant that was damaged by rebel forces. The OSCE team were surrounded, a drone was seized, and rifle fire was…
Ukraine Rebels Accuse OSCE Of Aiding Kyiv Forces.