OSCE SMM staff in Ukraine exceeds 1,000 employees –deputy mission head

13:52, 31.12.2015 1 min read

The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission's (SMM) team in Ukraine totals 1,029 people, of whom 667 are international monitors, OSCE SMM Deputy Chief Alexander Hug said.

"This week 667 international monitors, 76 members of international staff and also 286 Ukrainians worked in Ukraine," Hug said at a press conference in Kyiv on Thursday.

Overall, this week OSCE SMM totaled 1,029 members of staff, Hug said.