Militants threaten OSCE monitors over greetings on Ukrainian Constitution Day

12:17, 01.07.2017 1 min read

Militants of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republics threatened monitors of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission because the latter allegedly greeted locals on the Constitution Day

Two male militants, aged 25-30 years old, armed with assault rifles, wearing grey camouflaged clothing without insignia or badges and with black balaclavas covering their faces approached the SMM vehicles in the 'LPR'-controlled village of Vesela Hora, according to a report posted on the OSCE SMM website.

They asked the SMM patrol members in both vehicles if they had been in the same settlement the day before and alleged that SMM members had congratulated residents on the day of the Ukrainian constitution. The armed men told the SMM members that they would shoot the SMM members if such a message was repeated.

The SMM left the area and informed the JCCC about the incident.