OSCE SMM deputy chief monitor in Donbas announces mission enlargement to 800 monitors in March

14:46, 16.02.2016 1 min read

The number of OSCE monitors stationed in Donbas will grow to 800 people in late March, OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) Principal Deputy Chief Monitor Alexander Hug has said.

The mission head has announced the enlargement of the monitors' number to 800 by late March, Hug told reporters in Zaitseve, Donetsk region, on Tuesday.

He said the mandate allowed for the enlarging the number of monitors to 1,000, and more personnel would be stationed in the worst affected regions. For now, the mission has 13 offices, including eight in the territory controlled by the Ukrainian government, and five in the territory beyond the government's control, he said.